Jon Watts performs his “Quaker hit” from the “Dance Party Erupts During Quaker Meeting for Worship” video, “Friend Speaks My Mind” at Friends Meeting at Cambridge on his 2010 two wheel tour.
See his vlog from Boston:
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“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.”
Pendle Hill’s daily Quaker Worship transforms into a raucous dance party as the result of some unconventional ministry from Jon Watts. Filmed and edited by Ben Schilling. The music video for “Friend Speaks My Mind.”
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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/
Haverford College just released a blog entry about Quakers’ historical relationship with music in which Jon Watts is featured! See the full article: