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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
The War of North Dakota
Last night was our latest local #noDAPL event, seeing the rough cut of the documentary made at Standing Rock called “War of North Dakota” produced by Rod Webber. The documentary opens with a warning that the film contains violence (by … Continue reading
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible
This Sunday at KI (Kheprw Institute), the monthly book discussion will be about Charles Eisenstein’s The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible. Isn’t that a great title? I didn’t suggest the book, but when someone else did, I … Continue reading
Reality Check
When the world around you seems to be unraveling, what do you do? I see: An environmental crisis primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels. Even knowing that, Americans continue their widespread use of personal automobiles. Continue … Continue reading
Celebrating Fred White
Fred White died unexpectedly January 12, 2017, in Indianapolis. Fred was a Freshman at Scattergood Friends School, along with my brother Randy, at the time I was a Senior there. I hadn’t heard from Fred since then, until he moved … Continue reading
How to Give Up Your Car
My Friend Georgette sat me down last Sunday after Quaker meeting and basically said she wished I would tell people how to give up their personal automobiles, instead of just saying that is what we need to do, as I … Continue reading
Spiritual Warriors
Warrior 1. One who is engaged in or experienced in battle. 2. One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict http://www.thefreedictionary.com/warrior Warrior seems an unlikely term for Quakers to use, since the word is usually … Continue reading
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Moonlight
Moonlight was the only movie I saw in a theater last year. I had read that it was the story of a gay black man, played by three different actors, representing the main character’s childhood, youth and adulthood. I grew … Continue reading
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#LoveThyNeighbor (No Exceptions)
#LoveThyNeighbor(No Exceptions) is the new campaign from the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). In these days of widespread turmoil, #LoveThyNeighbor is intended to shift the narrative away from looking for “others” to blame, and remind us all that we are in … Continue reading
7th Generation
Having written, once again, of my frustrations related to Quakers and the environment, more specifically about how Friends have not given up personal automobiles, I have to wonder if part of the problem is how I have been expressing this. … Continue reading
Losing Faith
What do you do when you begin to lose faith in your faith community? My discouragement is with Quakers in general, not necessarily with my home meeting or the meeting I attend locally. One of the main reasons I remained … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 