We’re building at boat at Guilford College.
My colleague, Damon Akins, came up with the idea. The hope for the project is to build stronger connections between students, faculty, and staff; help learn practical skills of building and problem-solving; and create an opportunity for a positive outlet in the midst of many challenges. We’re having a lot of fun with the project as you can imagine.
Here are a few photos from the work we did yesterday building part of the frame of the boat.
Here’s the outline for the Deep Listening practice I did today with my First Year Seminar Class.
Deep Listening
“To listen to another’s soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another.” Douglas Steere (Quaker author)
Questions (you pick one that you feel you can talk about for at least a few moments. Pick which one you feel interested in sharing about).
I’ve been thinking about a post I did last year on making a new hymnal:
The music we sing together in community should not just be a means to an end, but something that gets to us and carries us into the heart of the music itself. Music is mobile and can be there for you when you need it, like a mantra, a short prayer, a good song can change you from the inside out. It can go where you go and in a moment’s notice be there to lift you up. What would it look like for our congregations to have a broader view of the power of song in community and what we sing together? How do we bring younger generations into this more as well?
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) seeks a committed and motivated person with considerable knowledge and experience to carry forward work on Peace and Disarmament in the QUNO Geneva office.
Leading the Peace & Disarmament Programme, the Representative will maintain QUNO’s long-term Quaker presence at the United Nations. As a senior staff member and part of a small team, they will help ensure the effective and efficient management of QUNO Geneva.
This year’s event will feature a talk given by Marcus Rediker on his new book, Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea. Rediker is a distinguished professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. His already-acclaimed work, published earlier this year, documents ‘hidden waterfront networks and battle zones within the fight against slavery.’
Loved this quote from the book “Living the Questions - Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer:”
From Chapter Four - Opening Space for the Inner Life
Part of the magic of music is that it synchronizes the participants into one whole. The field of neuroscience today is helping us understand why and how this happens. According to William Benzon, “for individuals sharing a common musical culture, there is a strong and systematic similarity between the tonal flow of music and its neurophysiological substrates that allows a tight coupling between the brains of those individuals.