Anabaptist and Quaker essays, sermons, and other writings
How many of you learned about the story of the “Good Samaritan” as a child in Sunday school? It’s a sweet story for kids in some ways if you don’t focus too much on the brutality. A man is traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. He’s attacked by robbers, who strip […]
The third Sunday in Advent is Gaudete Sunday, or Rejoicing Sunday, and the lectionary scriptures all proclaim the joy of God’s work in the world. And yet, beloved church, I have to tell you, I was having a hard time accessing some joy to preach about. It’s been a very […]
The author has requested a link be provided to the Langston Hughes poem “Let America be America Again.” Please consider meditating on the poem before reading the sermon below. Thank you. Let’s start off by each answering one question, just for ourselves: How far back are “the good old days” […]
In 2017, I was blessed to be able to travel to Europe for the third time in my life. My first trip was in early 2005, when a companion and I went to visit a relative who was studying at the University of Uppsala in Sweden, and from there spent […]
I began my role as Prison Justice Learning Action Community Organizer with On Earth Peace in October of 2019. My faith background as a Quaker led me to pursue this position. Some of the Quaker testimonies that are most valuable to me are Community, Equality, and Simplicity. Being exposed to […]
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. – Psalm 82:8 KJV Fast with me: fast and pray on Election Day. The fasting is not to make your prayer any holier, or any more acceptable to God. It’s only to remind you that you’re at prayer, […]