Jon Watts » Press http://www.jonwatts.com Quaker Songwriter Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:32:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Funny and Insightful Review of “Dance Party Erupts” http://www.jonwatts.com/2010/funny-and-insightful-review-dance-party-erupts/ http://www.jonwatts.com/2010/funny-and-insightful-review-dance-party-erupts/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 00:07:38 +0000 Jon Watts http://www.jonwatts.com/?p=1741 Cream in My Coffee
“The video itself is like a family movie. Every single archetype that defines our modern “Quaker experience” is there. The lyrics, particularly the line about “I’m not a Christian, but I’m a Quaker”, bothered me in the same way that they bothered my mother [but] I did a little… research… This song is a testimony from one point along his journey from being a un-Bible-d liberal Friend to very possibly becoming a deeply spiritual, faithful leader in the community.”

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The Most Heroic Hero of the Decade, Maybe the Century

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http://www.bit.ly/czX7ui

]]> http://www.jonwatts.com/2010/the-bridge-film-festival-talks-with-jon/feed/ 0 One of the Web’s top Religion/Spirituality Bloggers comment on “Dance Party Erupts” http://www.jonwatts.com/2009/zoecarnate/ http://www.jonwatts.com/2009/zoecarnate/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:54:36 +0000 Jon Watts http://www.jonwatts.com/blog/?p=297 Mike Morrell, ie “Zoecarnate” found the Friend Speaks My Mind music video on Martin Kelley’s Quakerquaker.org. See what Mike had to say about the video:

http://zoecarnate.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/church-history-in-four-minutes-quaker-dance-party/

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http://news.haverford.edu/blogs/special/tag/jon-watts/

]]> http://www.jonwatts.com/2009/haverford-college-blog/feed/ 0 FGC’s Quaker Information Center responds to a question about “Dance Party Erupts” video http://www.jonwatts.com/2009/quaker-information-center/ http://www.jonwatts.com/2009/quaker-information-center/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:47:19 +0000 Jon Watts http://www.jonwatts.com/blog/?p=294 QQQQandA is a great resource: a blog made up of answers to questions sent to FGC’s Quaker Information Center. Recently they received a question inspired by my music video, “Dance Party Erupts During Quaker Meeting for Worship”:

Please explain — what is the deal about Quakers and music? Is it true that music is considered sinful? Why? If music is bad, how do you explain the video “Dance Party Erupts at Quaker Meeting for Worship”?

I recommend that you check out Joan Broadfield’s response.

]]> http://www.jonwatts.com/2009/quaker-information-center/feed/ 0 Interview at Pendle Hill http://www.jonwatts.com/2009/interview-at-pendle-hill/ http://www.jonwatts.com/2009/interview-at-pendle-hill/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:01:46 +0000 Jon Watts http://www.jonwatts.com/blog/?p=299 Jon Watts interviewing at Pendle HillI stopped by Pendle Hill in early September to help them set up their social networking system and interviewed with Shirley Dodson for their September newsletter.  The interview came out quite well.

Shirley was a patient and deep listener, asking questions like How did your musical ministry develop and What do you see Quakerism offering to the world?  Take a look:

http://www.pendlehill.org/blog/266-jonwatts

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