Hair Update Almost everyone likes my hair. One person (cough*my mother*cough) said she doesn't like the bangs and preferred my natural color - but everyone else said it is cute and does go well with my skin tone. I think it looks better in person is the thing, my photographs had weird exposure. Scho...

Everett Cattell: Evangelical Quaker Missionary In preparation for the convergent Friends retreat this weekend I have been putting together some discussion notes on Everett Cattell. I will be presenting him as a “convergent Friend of the past” on Saturday evening. Because of this I was re...

I still intend to post some more about my Meeting's welcome leaflet and the issues related to it. However, my limited energies for writing were diverted for a time into the preparation of a talk I gave at an ecumenical prayer service in the neighborhood of 15th Street Meeting. I thought this talk mi...

Over the weekend, a meeting of 700 Episcopalians at a Reston, Virginia, Hyatt hotel agreed that the diocese needed to take steps toward including gay and lesbian relationships into church doctrine, resolving that relationships ought to be "characterized by fidelity, monogamy, mutual affection a...

I had every intention of tweeting and live blogging during yesterday's historic Inauguration, but in the end, I was too overcome by the emotion of the day. I am 52 years old. My daughter is exactly 40 years younger. By the time I was her age, I had lived through: The assassination of President Kenne...

A few weeks back I was invited to talk with some college-age Friends during a weekend retreat. It was my first visit to Plainfield, Indiana and I had a nice time meeting these students and their adult leaders from Western Yearly Meeting. I was invited to sit on a panel with three other people to ans...

Next week I will be going to Philadelphia for the peace gathering there: Heeding God’s Call.  There’s never a bad time to reflect on God’s call to peace and discuss ways in which we can be involved in working alongside that mission, but it seems especially timely considering the r...

Robin, Martin and I are leading a weekend retreat at the Ben Lomond Quaker Retreat Center this coming February on convergent Friends, we’ve humbly titled, Reclaiming the Power of Primitive Quakerism for the 21st Century. I’m looking forward to taking an entire weekend to focus on bui...

 My guess is that many younger Evangelical Quakers know little about George Fox’s life, ministry and faith or have found reading through his Journal a rough go (myself included). I think Quaker historian Arthur Roberts newly updated and classic text, “Through Flaming Sword” will h...

The other night I was shown the coolest website by another blogger on Haven’s blog (Who I can’t remember, and I’m sorry, but I’m sick w/nausea right now, so please forgive!) that will ask you a few questions, and figure out what religion you are.  So cool, right? Since IR...