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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Spiritual Community
Yesterday I wrote about some of my personal spiritual practices. This is Sunday, or First Day morning (see [1] below ), which means I am preparing to go to meeting for worship. That is what Quakers call our church services, … Continue reading
A New Day
Partly as a result of recent discussions on the Facebook page, Quakers Welcome Spiritual Seekers, I’m continuing to wonder about how we express our spiritual experiences and how we can share those experiences with others. Especially now that we are beginning … Continue reading
Mysticism and Activism
We have been having some interesting discussions in the Facebook group, Quakers Welcome Spiritual Seekers. I was glad to be reminded by my Bear Creek Friend, Liz Oppenheimer, about some things I had previously written related to the spiritual basis … Continue reading
Posted in Quaker Meetings, Quaker Social Change Ministry, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged activism, mysticism
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Ineffable
A visitor to the Facebook page I created, Quakers Welcome Spiritual Seekers, challenged me with the following: After reading the pinned post and skimming the posts below. I’m left feeling that the stated intent is entirely missed. Or I could … Continue reading
Describing spiritual experience
I’ve written about trying to find ways to let spiritual seekers know about Quakers and the resources we might have to offer. One of the things I did was create the Facebook group, Quakers Welcome Spiritual Seekers. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in Quaker Meetings, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged spiritual experience
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Dakota elder leadership and Scaffold
I’ve written recently about the sculpture called Scaffold, that was being installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and then about the mediation that occurred and resulted in the sculpture being removed from the art center. The story caught … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Arts, Black Lives, civil disobedience, Indigenous, Kheprw Institute, Uncategorized
Tagged cultural appropriation, elder, leadership
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Not Nearly Enough
We are not doing nearly enough to address our unfolding environmental disaster. As Ethan Hughes (Possibility Alliance) has written: If we glance forward just 30 years, our future outlook is shocking and unbelievable. The United Nations estimates that, due to … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, climate change, Kheprw Institute, Uncategorized
Tagged community
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Donald Trump Poisons the World
New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote an op-ed piece yesterday entitled Donald Trump Poisons the World, that provides the clearest, most accurate, I think, explanation I’ve found so far of Donald Trump’s worldview: This week, two of Donald Trump’s top advisers, … Continue reading
Profits and Politics Trump the Earth
Although the Paris Climate accord did not go nearly far enough, it was at least an acknowledgement by many nations of our environmental crisis. The Republican administration’s decision to begin to withdraw from the agreement was more a demonstration of lack … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, renewable energy, Uncategorized
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Scaffold Mediation and Deconstruction
Yesterday the meeting described below occurred to mediate how to deal with the issues around the statue Scaffold, that was being installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The link to this blog post describes that meeting, and announces the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Indigenous, Uncategorized
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 