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Dust Bowl, Tar Sands and Prayer
As I learn more about Chief Arvol Looking Horse I find parallels to my own experiences related to our environment. It was a spiritual vision of the Rocky Mountains obscured by clouds of pollution that led me to give up … Continue reading
‘One Prayer’
The most powerful experiences I had during the First Nation-Famer Climate Unity March were spiritual. My experience as a Quaker was to try to live a Spirit led life. I had long had a desire to learn more about Native … Continue reading
Water and Attaining Peace
One of the many benefits from participating on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March was making friends with Native Americans as we walked together. My life experiences as a Quaker have taught me our lives can, and should, be guided … Continue reading
Urgent Message from Keeper of Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
For years now I’ve been writing about why a spiritual approach is required to address our evolving environmental disaster. As environmentalist Gus Speth says, “I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. … Continue reading
What can we do as America collapses?
Yesterday I wrote about the global threats America poses and shared the article America’s Next Civil War–The United States shows all the warning signs of impending social and political collapse by Stephen Marche, Illustration by Sebastien Thibault, Oct. 22, 2018. After that … Continue reading
Declare war on the United States?
I know this is a provocative title, but as I read about yet another environmental disaster, the 14 year long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which might become worse than the Deep Horizon disaster, that thought crossed my … Continue reading
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Materialism
Fifty years ago Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, warned: “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. . . . We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit … Continue reading
We Need Courage, Not Hope, To Face Climate Change
I hope you have had an intense experience that changed you so much you had trouble returning, or could not return to what had been your routine. A life changing experience. I have been blessed to have had a number … Continue reading
Unknowing
I like this concept, Unknowing. I am glad a friend told me about Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation from the Center for Action and Contemplation. The following by Karen Armstrong appeared in contemplations about Unknowing. Our scientifically oriented knowledge seeks to … Continue reading
Fifth Day of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
Day 5. September 5, 2018. 14 miles from the Boone County Fairgrounds to Pilot Mound, Iowa. Once again I was pleasantly surprised to awaken feeling fairly refreshed, despite being pretty tired at the end of yesterday’s 15 miles, and staying … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 