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Author Archives: Jeff Kisling
Lights for Liberty – Washington DC
Report from Rezadad Mohammadi and Christine Ashley (FCNL), Washington, DC America has traditionally been a country of immigrants. For many, the U.S. is known as a global “melting pot” due to its mixture of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and nationalities. That’s … Continue reading
A Perfect Storm
perfect storm: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors Hurricane Barry could be called a perfect storm. Hurricane Barry developed from a tropical storm into a hurricane because of higher than normal sea surface temperatures. … Continue reading
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Lights for Liberty
“The ones that matter the most are the children.” Lakota Proverb Beautiful Baby, Beautiful Child (a lullaby) Hokosucē herosē. Estuce herosē. Beautiful baby, beautiful child. Hokosucē herosē, Estuce herosē. The sky is your blanket; the earth is your cradle. Sutvt … Continue reading
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Right Relationship Iowa
The Spirit created the opportunity for Paula Palmer to be with us in Iowa and Nebraska recently. Supported by Boulder Friends Meeting, the resources for Toward Right Relationships with Native Peoples can be found here: https://www.boulderfriendsmeeting.org/ipc-right-relationship-2/ My leading started with … Continue reading
Climate Emergency
It is so frustrating to those of us who have for years done everything we could think of to curtail the use of fossil fuels. To now see climate chaos unfolding before our eyes. We knew the climate chaos we … Continue reading
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change
We have been so blessed to have had Paula Palmer bring her ministry related to “Toward Right Relationships with Native Peoples” to Iowa and Nebraska over the past several days. Supported by Boulder Friends Meeting, the resources for Toward Right … Continue reading
“Two Rivers” Film Discussion
Last night the film “Two Rivers” was shown at the Des Moines Valley Friends meeting. This is another tool Paula Palmer uses as she teaches us about how to work “Toward Right Relationships with Native People”. Attendees were from Des … Continue reading
Alton Onefeather on Bear Butte
My friend Alton Onefeather was telling me about the sale of some land, and I was impressed with his eloquent statement here, which he gave me permission to share. The land being sold is around bear butte it is a … Continue reading
Good Intentions
Paula Palmer spoke on the topic of “Quaker Indian Boarding Schools–Facing Our History and Ourselves” at Scattergood Friends School and Farm, a Quaker boarding school, yesterday. Native American organizations are asking churches to join in a Truth and Reconciliation process … Continue reading
Toward Right Relationships with Native People
Thomas Weber, Peter Clay, Linda Lemon, Jim Glasson and I have been working to prepare for several workshops Paula Palmer will be leading in Iowa relation to “Toward Right Relationship with Native People”, led by Paula Palmer. Following is a … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 