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Nonviolence Is Essential
Adherence to nonviolence is essential for healing our communities and our environment. This is true for both moral and strategic reasons. The recent chaos in Charlottesville demonstrates the error of some of those opposing the white supremacists using violence themselves. President … Continue reading
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Meskwaki Powwow
I am so glad I was able to attend the 103rd annual Meskwaki Powwow at the Meskwaki Indian Settlement, near Tama, Iowa, this past weekend. I appreciated my father being willing to go with me, since I don’t have a … Continue reading
Speak for Peace
In these days of an escalating war of words and tensions, especially related to North Korea, Friends are urged to actively promote peace in any way they can. Following is from the report of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee … Continue reading
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Peace and Social Concerns 2017 Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
Recent posts are about peace and social concerns related to Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative). I haven’t had a chance to post anything since Tuesday, because we have been having our annual meetings of the Yearly Meeting at Scattergood Friends … Continue reading
Peace and Social Concerns Minutes
The last post described the process by which peace and social concerns matters are dealt with by Quakers in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), which begins its annual meetings today at Scattergood Friends School and Farm. Following are the Minutes that … Continue reading
RAGBRAI 2
As I wrote previously, RAGBRAI is the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, and a number of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Quakers are participating in this year’s ride. I didn’t mention that both Don and David Mott, in yesterday’s photo, … Continue reading
Application for Spiritual Warriors
Yesterday I wrote about how my spiritual life had been radicalized. As the examples in that post, of the work at the Kheprw Institute and the global Indigenous peoples response to support the water protectors at Standing Rock show, a … Continue reading
A Radical Spiritual Evolution to Revolution
There was evidently a reason I was led to name my blog Quakers, Social Justice and Revolution when I was called to wrestle with issues publicly. Writing a blog and sharing those writings on social media helped me clarify many … Continue reading
Nahko speaks to water protector youth after the dog attacks
The previous blog post was about Nahko talking to the water protector youth during his concert at Standing Rock last September 8, 2016. Following are further remarks, as he talks to the youth between songs. To put this in context, … Continue reading
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Tagged Nahko, water protectors, youth
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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
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