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Going lowercase christian with Thomas Clarkson

Visting 1806’s “A portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a view of the education and discipline, social manners, civil and political economy, religious principles and character, of the Society of...

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Friends Council Social Network

This is a Ning-based social network for Friends Council on Education, a Quaker organization dedicated to supporting Friends Schools across a very wide geographic area. I set the site up and did initial...

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Online Quaker classes

I’ve just signed up for Beacon Hill’s Friends House’s Quaker Studies class on “Moodle, Technique / Technology” that begins First Month 12. An educator F/friend of mine has gushed on about Moodle, the...

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ReconRabbi.net

ReconRabbi is a social network for rabbis associated with the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. It is designed to provide ongoing education and networking for far-flung alumni. It’s a highly...

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Are We More Than Our Demographics?

One of the things that is intriguing me lately is the nature of Quaker debate.  There are half a dozen seemingly-perennial political issues around which Friends in my circles have very strong opinions...

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Visiting a Quaker School

I had an interesting opportunity last Thursday. I skipped work to be talk with two Quakerism classes at Philadelphia’s William Penn Charter School (thanks for the invite Michael and Thomas!). I was...

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Call off the search parties

The retreat at the Carmelite Monastery was nice. Here’s some pictures, the first of those “long-remembered”:/if_i_dont_make_it_back.php tall stone walls and the rest of the beautiful chapel: It was a...

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Reach up high, clear off the dust, time to get started

It’s been a fascinating education learning about institutional Catholicism these past few weeks. I won’t reveal how and what I know, but I think I have a good picture of the culture inside the bishop’s...

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