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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Sculpture Park 10th Anniversary
As part of the 10th Anniversary of the Sculpture Garden in downtown Des Moines, people were invited to submit one piece of art. Those selected were displayed at the Sculpture Park this afternoon. https://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/visit/pappajohn-sculpture-park I was having trouble deciding which … Continue reading
What is your truth when it comes to the edge?
When you and your community can create its own shine there’s nothing beyond reach. Diop Adisa Hurricane Dorian’s devastation in the Bahamas is a visual testament to warnings of increasingly powerful storms as a result of warmer water and air … Continue reading
Do You Practice Hope?
Do you practice hope? To practice hope is to face hard truths, harder truths than you can face without the practice of hope. You can’t navigate dark places without a light, and hope is that light for humanity’s dark places. … Continue reading
Floods Need Planned Retreat
Besides the utter devastation of the Bahamas, today we are seeing tragic images of U.S Atlantic coastal flooding from Hurricane Dorian. Flooding that will only become worse as water and air temperatures continue rise from increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. In … Continue reading
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Still Shinin: The Documentary
I’ve written a great deal about the Kheprw Institute (KI), who has partnered with North Meadow Circle of Friends on the AFSC program, Quaker Social Change Ministry. In this article that was published in NUVO magazine, Diop Adisa talks about … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Black Lives, Kheprw Institute, Quaker, Quaker Social Change Ministry, race, Uncategorized
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Dorian’s Environmental Catastrophe and You
We are just receiving images from the horrific devastation of the Bahamas. A recent news segment showed a reporter in a wind tunnel at different wind speeds. That was a very graphic and useful thing to see. But they wouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, climate refugees, Uncategorized
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You’re Invited: Global Climate Strike
Iowa Climate Strike Start: Friday, September 20, 2019 10:00 AMLocation:Iowa State Capitol 007 E Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50023Host Contact Info: lydia.pesek@icloud.comRSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/iowa-climate-strike We feel a lot of adults haven’t quite understood that we young people won’t hold off … Continue reading
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Risking arrest for our future
Many states are criminalizing acts of nonviolent civil disobedience, clearly violating First Amendment rights. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, Native Americans, peace, Quaker, revolution, Uncategorized
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Helplessly Hoping?
Watching the slow motion disaster of Hurricane Dorian, I am reminded of feeling similarly helpless as I watched Hurricane Katrina devastate New Orleans in 2005. Unfortunately Dorian seems to validate the assertion that we will see more powerful storms due … Continue reading
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Use of Questions as Spiritual Practice
I imagine any number of religious communities use questions to help guide spiritual reflection. Quakers use the term Query to refer to these questions. Different Quaker meetings create their own sets of queries. The following relates to the Advices and … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 