Quaker 2.0

While there are many things the various branches of Quakerism disagree on, the one thing we can all agree on is that Quakers are, by definition, pacifists.  Or are we?  With the current situation in the Middle East, are Quakers even able to effectively speak to nations whose moral compass’ are stuck on “They started [...]

In particular, Jim Loney has become both a revered voice of what consistency in a peace-testimony can look like as well as a target for those seeking to connect the antiwar movement with movements popularly deemed “anti-christian.”

The whole “emergent church” movement has always embraced the idea that they were counter-cultural within the evangelical context, so I’m sure Brian McLaren wouldn’t be surprised to see yet another “hotlist” of warnings that “Your pastor might be emergent if…” In that vein, I present one bloggers attempt at a non-exhaustive list of characteristics that [...]

When I started Quaker 2.0, I had literally no experience with blogging outside of helping my wife create her theme, which inspired the creation of this site. I’d never taken the time to blog regularly, knew nothing of feed readers and couldn’t tell you a single blog that I followed. I just had [...]

To be clear, I’m not just a yahoo who says they’re a Libertarian and then votes Republican or Democrat. I am an actual Libertarian, cheering and voting for Harry Brown when others were scratching their heads about the lesser of two evils. I worked at the Orange Country Register, for heaven’s sake. [...]

As a quick aside - I haven’t been posting because I’ve been in the middle of building another blog, or rather, blog network called Digital Photography Blogs. Check out my wife’s site, called Shooting the Kids.
That said, I still am addicted to Bloglines and during my “let’s clear out that Google News folder” offensive [...]