Category: quaker

(This is part of my “Top 10 Reasons I’m a Quaker” list… the whole thing is already up on Barclay Press’s site. So, if you’re the type who likes anticipation, stay tuned here. If you like getting to the point, feel free to head over …

(This is part of my “Top 10 Reasons I’m a Quaker” list… the whole thing is already up on Barclay Press’s site. So, if you’re the type who likes anticipation, stay tuned here. If you like getting to the point, feel free to head over …

(This is part of my “Top 10 Reasons I’m a Quaker” list… the whole thing is already up on Barclay Press’s site. So, if you’re the type who likes anticipation, stay tuned here. If you like getting to the point, feel free to head over …

(This is part of my “Top 10 Reasons I’m a Quaker” list…and I’m hurrying now, because I missed a couple of days, and because the whole thing is already up on Barclay Press’s site. So, if you’re the type who likes anticipation, stay tuned here. …

(This is part of my “Top 10 Reasons I’m a Quaker” list…) 7. 86.7% of the most influential people in my life are Quakers. (And 98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.) Seriously, out of the people who have most shaped my life, …

(This is part of my “Top 10 Reasons I’m a Quaker” list…) 8. I believe God can and does show up in every human experience. Fancy seminarian-types would say, “All of life is sacramental.” I believe God is not silent. I believe God is not …

(This is part of my “Top 10 Reasons I’m a Quaker” list…) 9. I believe no one has it all, and no one is a lost cause. Some branches of Christ’s church are “too hot”- so full of prosperity promises and holiness hutzpah that I …

(This is part of my “Top 10 Reasons I’m a Quaker” list…) 10. I’m put off by hierarchy and energized by community. There’s nothing I enjoy more than being a part of a group of people who all contribute their God-given abilities, where the sum …

Writing a compelling top ten list is a difficult task. A successful top ten list doesn’t just dispassionately recount the ten most important things in a category. Because of David Letterman, a little humor is needed. A top ten list must have some controversial items, …