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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Alternative method to measure diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide in infants
One of the research projects our lab was doing when I retired was evaluating a new method to measure diffusing capacity in infants’ lungs. The article describing our results was just published in Pediatric Pulmonology (below). The original method is … Continue reading
Journal–5/29/1971
Journal 5/29/1971 Yesterday we saw the film “A Time for Burning” about race relations and the church in Omaha. The minister wanted an interchange of couples in their homes, between his Lutheran Church and the black Lutheran Church in Omaha. … Continue reading
Posted in Indiana Moral Mondays, race, Uncategorized
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Journal – Young Friends of North America 1971
Journal 5/2/1971 Young Friends of North American Conference on Outreach, Muncie, Indiana, 4/30/1971 – 5/2/1971 It was good to see Virginia, Wilson, my physics teacher from Scattergood. Glad she was interested in learning some more about computers. I taught her … Continue reading
Posted in Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Connie Collette, Earlham College, Paul Cluxton, young Friends
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Environmental Confession 12/15/2017
Confession of fossil fuel use Many who read this know I gave up having a personal automobile about 40 years ago for environmental justice reasons. I have sympathized with others, in particular those without access to public transportation, who try … Continue reading
Journal–3/26/1971
Letter from Art and Carolyn Emery 3/26/1971 Dear Jeff We appreciated your letter of the 14 much. I personally feel that black people might appreciate a white person who is “quiet” as they desire to “call the shots” these days. … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Quaker Social Change Ministry, Uncategorized
Tagged draft resistance
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Journal–Friends Volunteer Service Mission
Journal 2/19/1971 I’m going to Indianapolis tomorrow to find out more about the Friends United Meeting’s Volunteer Service Mission project. (Note: The year before, my Senior year at Scattergood Friends School, Al Inglis visited to talk about a new Friends … Continue reading
Journal–2/14/1971
I took some photographs of Thomas Mullen, Earlham College religion professor. I was supposed to take his picture for the yearbook, Sargasso, but he offered to let me take some family pictures for a book he was getting ready to … Continue reading
Journal–11/15/1970–2/12/1971
Journal 11/15/1970 Dan Mott and Steve Maxwell stopped here Friday night and Saturday. Steve may come to Earlham next year, and Dan is looking into various colleges. They are riding their motorcycles to Florida, hoping to work with the National … Continue reading
Journal – Earlham College beginnings
Journal 10/30/1970 I’m doing a very bad job of keeping up this journal. Maybe its because my spiritual life has stagnated and there’s nothing to write about. Unfortunately I’m afraid its more true than my sarcastic remarks might reveal. I’ve … Continue reading
John Griffith–War Resistance
I’ve been writing a lot about draft resistance lately. In the materials Don Laughlin collected related to Quakers and draft resistance, I found the following story written by John Griffith, member of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), War Resistance in World … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged civil disobedience, draft resistance
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 