After two years of writing, recording and planning, Clothe Yourself in Righteousness is out! The album is Jon’s most mature, well-thought out work to date.
Pre-orders have been shipped. Donors have been rewarded. Now all we have to do is go and play the tour!
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Learn about Quakers and Nakedness
Jon Watts and Maggie Harrison discuss their joint multi-media project, “Clothe Yourself in Righteousness”… an exploration of “going naked as a sign” amongst Early Friends and the implications for Quakers today.
Jon and Maggie met at Guilford College and first heard about going naked as a sign from Quakerism professor Max Carter, who told them the story of Solomon Eccles, a Friend who went naked through Smithfield Market with a basket of burning coals on his head.
Maggie and Jon subsequently explored the themes of nakedness in their own lives and in Quaker and Christian theology, resulting in a full album from Jon and a pamphlet from Maggie.
This video is an excerpt of an interview for the podcast “Friend Speaks My Mind”, by Madeline Schaffer.
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The time has arrived!
After months and months of praying, not knowing, wrestling, the moment has arrived. If you’re the type to pray, great… all of us involved with the project would be very appreciative.
…and if you’re the type to get excited about new music, check this out:
Also, tour dates:
…And I’m spent. If you love to read, you’re out of luck. 
I just spent my last waking clarity on that video. Hit play. Just sayin’.
Find out more about Jon’s new project about nakedness, pre-order the album, buy t-shirts and keep up with his progress!
www.ClotheYourselfinRighteousness.com
The website will be connected to a facebook fan page, so if you are on “the book” often, please be sure to “like” the page and keep up!
Huzzah, Hooray and Hiyo! WE DID IT!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for your enthusiastic support. I am in your debt. (That’s why I’m sending out T-shirts!)
More importantly, you’ve helped to fund a ministry. That is to say, something deeper than my own gratitude is at play here. Just wait until you hear these songs and I think you’ll know what I mean.
If you were keeping track of the fundraiser, you might be wondering why it’s taken me two weeks to put up this post. The project successfully went through on December 1st, right?
Two reasons:
1) Amazon just put the money in my account. Didn’t want to count the chickens before they hatched.
2) I’ve been hard at work! Recording this project is new and ambitious, which, on top of the 3 year break that I’ve taken from recording and producing projects such as this one has meant that I have a lot of catching up to do!
I have taken to the task quickly and excitedly, but also with the patience necessary to listen for the deeper inspiration of the Spirit. It would be easy for me to sit in my recording studio 24/7 and come out with a CD more quickly, but that’s also an easy way to assure that the inspiration for the project came from myself and not something deeper.
I promise you, I’ll take the time and do the work. I owe it to you, to myself and to the world.
Merry Christmas
Jon