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Hi all - here are some resources related to the Pendle Hill conversation ( last night ) on the occasion of the publication of  Pamphlet #500 - God Bless the Grass: Liturgies of Imperialism, Liturgies of Resistance . It was a really great experience to get to share about the pamphlet in this
Hi Friends, I hope that you are well. I mentioned in a previous post that I've been hard at work with a number of projects this summer. Here is the video of my plenary from NEYM I gave this past weekend if you're interested. New England
Hi all, I know I've been quiet here in recent months. That's because I've been hard at work on a number of projects. I will post them separately for ease of archiving and search later. For now, I want to share the recording of
This is a sermon I preached at Camas Friends Church in Camas, WA about the Attention, Empire and the Good Samaritan on March 8, 2026 Empire's Algorithms I have been thinking a lot about attention recently. Last fall I taught a first year class for Guilford students called
Just got a wonderful zine in the mail yesterday from Power Tools of AI by Bart Fish: Power Tools of AI Power Tools is an art series focused on critiquing AI toolmen and genAI. Featuring zines, a newsletter and AI critical resources. On the cover they off these 10 rules
A short-story of speculative fiction about an AI-bot and what happens when it goes to a Quaker meeting.
I worked with a friend only to develop a guide for introducing platforms like Mastadon for Quakers who are looking for an alternative to Twitter/Facebook/Instagram. See that guide below or find it online here: https://friendsonthefediverse.com
A new study guide for the book Resisting Empire is shared here for free download.
These are some reflections after a panel discussion on AI that happened at the college where I work. The panel was made up of about 8 students and faculty. It turned out to be mostly one-sided with most folks on the panel and in the audience being anti-AI.
I am headed to Portland, OR and Camas, WA with my wife Emily in a couple of weeks. I wanted to share out more specifics about that trip, plus a few other updates while I have you on the line.
I've been working on the redesigned of the site over the last few weeks using Claude Code. I have always enjoyed working on website designs, and have a number of favorite custom designs in the history of Gathering in Light.
This morning, after listening to the most recent episode of the Pen Addict, I was inspired to create an "analog defaults" page with the pens and notebooks I use everyday.
Some of what I have been doing in my morning writing and research time is trying my hand at a dystopian short story about AI going to a Quaker meeting. I hope to share that here sometime soon, once I find myself out of the editing phase.
As I mentioned earlier, I built a homemade igloo this weekend with my kids. As a result of all this snow we’re getting here in North Carolina, we had a remote day today at the college where I teach. With having classes today, I knew I had Zoom on the docket for today.
I’m visiting PNW Quakers putting March (7-8) for three "talks." The first is a workshop I'm offering at the Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends Quarterly Meeting in Camas, WA (Camas Friends Church). Here’s the working title and description: Endless Revolution