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Holy Yielding: A Lesson from the Gathering
Last April, I was asked to lead a workshop for the Gathering this past summer. I had not planned on…
Noah’s Problem
It rained last winter. A lot. It rained for 35 straight days. Then there was a sunny day. Then it…
Friends and Torture
To get at the issue of Friends and torture, let me start with the Bible, specifically a parable—what I think…
Heaven and Hell
I was a relentlessly curious kid, so naturally I joined the crowd of children outside the open door of the…
A Christian Vision of the Earth
We are by nature Earth creatures, lifted from the mud of the ground and stirred to life by the breath…
One Response after Another
I appreciate Newton Garver’s review of my response to the Vatican, and I am also grateful for being welcomed by…
Genesis 1.0
In the beginning, it was a two-day job, three at the outside; but you know how it is with construction.…
Money as a Proxy for the Gifts of Spirit
Between a Christian distrust of wealth and witnessing massive contemporary greed, it’s no wonder we react to money in emotional…
The Cross and the Cuckoo’s Egg
I have followed with interest the rise, among U.S. churches, of scapegoating. Men who love men, women who love women,…
The Lord's Prayer Revisited
In February 2005, Friends Journal published an article by Paul Buckley, "Owning the Lord’s Prayer," in which he offered his…
Unclean!
The sun was pressing down as hard as it could on the Earth that day, till it felt that my…
Noah's Boat and the Pigeon of Peace
In the Jewish tradition in which I grew up, we have midrashim (the Hebrew plural for midrash.) A midrash is…
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