Jay David Miller

You did great work there.

I've been appreciating this poem in the midst of the autumn rains here in the Pacific Northwest: harpers.org/archive/2025... @harpers.bsky.social

Not all of us have forgotten this century . . .

"the broad-brims"

Had not heard of this new bio:

Thanks, Mitchell. I don't actually talk about Hicks much, except in reference to the agrarian character of many Hicksites in my conclusion. Definitely think he was theologically significant!

Thank you Ben!

I've officially signed a book contract with @psupress.bsky.social for my manuscript, Quaker Jeremiad, a literary history of Quaker agrarian writing in early America.

I'm very grateful to Tristan Bates and the rest of that editorial team for their support. Looking forward to getting this in print!

14 Oct 1644: b. Willian Penn, future founder of #Pennsylvania #otd in #London. When arrested at a #Quaker meeting in #Cork city in 1667, he was heir to an estate of 7,500 #Irish acres in Co. Cork

This is going to land at the exactly the right time for an escapist read in the final third of the semester. Looking forward to it.

"To be human is, it seems to me, to care about the origins and sources of things, but we know very little, it also seems to me, about what most deeply shapes us."

blog.ayjay.org/revival-retr...

Giles Calvert (d. 1663) was a prominent printer in 17th century England known for his association with religious dissenters and radicals. His shop, the Black Spread Eagle, was near near St. Paul's Churchyard in London. His shop was a hotbed of radical and egalitarian thought. (1)

Here's how the Guardians can make a historic run at the Tigers On July 17, 1978, the Yankees lost to the Royals, 9-7, in 11 innings; the winning pitcher was Al Hrabosky and the losing pitcher Goose Gossage, in case you were wondering the facial hair situation tha...

Don't usually post about baseball, but this was a prescient @williamfleitch.bsky.social article about how the Guardians could catch the Tigers back on August 12 when their chance of winning the division was 6% according to @fangraphs.com. They took lead today.

www.mlb.com/news/guardia...

Hope to hear more of your analysis, seems significant.

The Quaker Theological Discussion Group (of Quaker Religious Thought) is excited to share our 2025 call for papers on the theme: "Quaker Public Ministry: History, Practice, Challenges." See qtdg.org for further details.

Yes, thank you, Ben! We need to do a better job of articulating the embodied aspect of waiting worship

Claude Monet - Bouquet of Sunflowers - The Metropolitan Museum of Art <b>The Painting:</b> While living with his family at Vétheuil, a small suburb on the Seine northwest of Paris, Claude Monet took up floral painting both outdoors in the garden and indoors with cut flo...

From my Met daily art calendar today: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Becoming Empty for God "The use of silence or solitude as a doorway to the Divine has a long history in the Christian tradition. Jesus often went away to pray alone. (Mark 1:35; Matthew 14:23; Luke 5:16). Early Christian mo...

"At times, you will sense no response. You may feel an emptiness, darkness or frustration. Do not despair, this is part of the process of becoming empty for God. Persevere."

dailyquaker.com/2025/09/beco...

Looks like a great issue!

"A few years ago I said that vindictiveness was the moral crisis of our time. But some (not all, but some) of our rage has burned itself out. The passive acceptance of utter cruelty . . . has become the most characteristic feature of our cultural moment."

blog.ayjay.org/the-ai-busin...

We need more Conway content on Bluesky.

There Are Only Two Shakers Left. They’ve Still Got Utopia in Their Sights.

There was a nice piece on the remaining Shakers a couple of years ago: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/m...

Encouraging:

Q & A 13 French prose and Greek lexica, poetry and poets, VN and PW, Quakers and running dogs of capitalism, baseball and dinosaurs...

David Bentley Hart: "I have a great affection for George Fox and considerable admiration for many Quaker figures throughout history . . . . If all Christians were more like the Quakers at their best they would also be more like Christ."

davidbentleyhart.substack.com/p/q-and-a-13

Auguste Renoir | Bouquet of Chrysanthemums | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From my Met daily art calendar today: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

"America" would also have been a candidate.

How Much Do You Know About Early American Literature? (Gift Article) Before the Independence Day fireworks this week, try this short quiz on America’s popular books published during the country’s formative years.

This is my time!

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I've seen #2 and #3 . . . an interesting cultural diptych!

"True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us only as a gift, and not as a result of our own clever use of spiritual techniques."

Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer

Screenshot of the title page of the first edition of "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale."

Well, call me ignorant.

Have never read Moby Dick and decided, for reasons, that this summer I would. Became instantly obsessed with "Etymology" and "Extracts," the actual first line about the pale usher and of course the sub-sub librarian. And have starting reading some scholarship on same.