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Love Letters to God
Last night I had the honor of meeting members of Nahko and Medicine for the People outside the Murat Old National Centre, where they were performing that evening. Each of them gave each of us a “fist bump” and huge … Continue reading
#MoralResistance
Quakers have a long history of commitment to the principles of nonviolence, and many have been involved in various acts of nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience. In the United States, for over 75 years Friends have tried to bring … Continue reading
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King Day, 2017 “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution“ was the title of the commencement address Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, delivered at Oberlin College in 1965. “There are all too many people who, in some great period of … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, civil disobedience, race, revolution, Uncategorized
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twitter-age civil rights movement
Social media is becoming increasingly influential in our political as well as social discourse. A recent issue of Friends Journal is about Quakers and Social Media. Many people seem to get much of their “news” from social media. The decline … Continue reading
Recruiting Spiritual Warriors
Last year I spent a lot of time thinking and writing about spiritual matters for several reasons. Having been born into a Quaker family and community, and educated at Scattergood Friends School and Farm, I was taught how important one’s … Continue reading
Reflecting on Reflection
The beginning of a New Year is traditionally used to reflect on the status of one’s life, what happened in the past year, and what one would like to achieve in the days ahead. Many of us wish more of our friends … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, climate change, Indigenous, Uncategorized
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Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
“Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution“ was the title of the commencement address Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, delivered at Oberlin College in 1965. “There are all too many people who, in some great period of social change, fail to achieve … Continue reading
The Black Snake
Although the Army Corps of Engineers announced, yesterday, that it has denied the easement to build the part of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) at the presently planned location, 1/2 mile from the Standing Rock Reservation border, we know this is … Continue reading
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Rise Up Indy – Local Environmentalism
Over the past five or six years I have been truly blessed to have met, and gotten to know and become friends with so many different people in the Indianapolis activist community. I think of the expression, they “feed my … Continue reading
Water Protectors Pray
Water protectors’ statements regarding commitment to nonviolence and prayer to oppose the Dakota Access pipeline: According to the Associated Press, Don Cuny, the security leader for activists at the encampment, said Saturday that standoff “does not represent” the ongoing protest. … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 