Developing an ecotheology of critical hope in Cascadia
About a week and a half ago, I got to work with others to orchestrate and run the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and Oregon Interfaith Power & Light Creation Justice Summit. We held the summit virtually through Zoom, with some pre-recorded content and some live, as well as five workshops. The summit was organized around …
I had the chance to serve as the worship leader at Friends Committee on National Legislation's Annual Meeting last month, which means that in addition to a couple other responsibilities, I offered a prepared message in worship on Sunday morning. The title was: “Friends, Racial Justice, and Policing: A Biblical Economy of Care.” Here is …
I received my contributor copy yesterday of the book T&T Clark Handbook of Pneumatology (eds. Daniel Castelo and Kenneth M. Loyer, 2020), in which I contributed the chapter, "Quaker Pneumatology." I promise this is a different book than the one I posted about in August! The topic of my chapter is similar to my "Quaker …
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This Sunday, November 15, 2020, I'll be bringing a prepared message to Friends Committee on National Legislation's Annual Meeting and Quaker Public Policy Institute. As with most events this year, this gathering will take place online, which allows many more people to participate. The theme is "Fierce Love," and attendees will be lobbying our legislators …
I got my copy in the mail this week of Protestant Spiritual Traditions, in which I have a chapter entitled, "Quaker Spirituality." It was a fun project to work on, and is in a collection of chapters about different spiritual traditions within Protestant denominations (including Friends, which I explained are sort of Protestant). Now I …
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New England Yearly Meeting's sessions were held virtually this year, as were most yearly meetings (and, of course, most other events...). NEYM Friends asked me to be their Bible Half-Hour speaker, and so I gave five half-hour talks on the topic of: "A Quaker Ecology: Meditations on the Future of Friends." I truly wish I …
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This coming week, I'll be sharing with New England Yearly Meeting for their Bible half-hours on the topic of "A Quaker Ecology: Meditations on the Future of Friends." Sessions run from Saturday, August 1–9, 2020, and are virtual, so anyone can register and join (they ask for a payment to cover the cost of the …
A new book released by Wipf & Stock, Protestant Spiritual Traditions, vol. 2 (ed. Frank C. Senn, 2020), contains my chapter, "Quaker Spirituality." The book also contains chapters on spiritualities within evangelicalism, Baptists, East Asian Protestants, and an essay on the body in Protestant spirituality. This volume joins an earlier volume that explores the spiritualities …
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My paper, "Friends and Watershed Discipleship: reconciling with people and the land in light of the Doctrine of Discovery," which I originally delivered at the American Academy of Religion conference last November, was published in Quaker Religious Thought's spring 2020 issue! If you need some reading material during the current pandemic, consider ordering a copy …
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Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) is holding an online conference on the topic of sustainability on February 22, 2020. All Friends are invited to register and attend! There will be several "speakers," who have made pre-recorded videos for the event. I have the honor of being one of those speakers, and other speakers include …
