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Reflections on September Journey
This past weekend’s 3 day journey happened as a result of spiritual leadings. Quakers (among others) believe we can communicate directly with God or the spirit, which is why we don’t feel the need for a minister, meditating together in … Continue reading
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September Journey Day 3 – Prairie Awakening
Sunday, or First Day, September 10th, was the third day of this journey, and the original reason for it, to attend the Native American Prairie Awakening celebration. The day began with pre-meeting discussion of the relationship between the individual and … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Indigenous, Quaker Meetings, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek, Native Americans
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September Journey Day 2
First, there are a couple of things I wanted to add related to the first day of this journey. Some people who read this on the Internet will not have met me. One of the reasons I asked for prayers … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, Ethical Transportation, Indigenous, social media, Uncategorized
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September Journey Day 1
I appreciate those who responded to my request for prayers yesterday. They are what got me through a challenging day. Mom and Dad dropped me and my bicycle off at the Iowa State Capitol building, then continued to Bloomington, Illinois. … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, bicycles, Indigenous, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
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Asking for prayers
A journey has begun. I awoke about an hour ago (at 4:30 am) and have been praying about the next several days. I’ve shared that a few years ago I realized I was waking up each morning asking God “what … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, bicycles, climate change, Ethical Transportation, Indigenous, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek
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Bear Creek Friends Meeting and #StopETP
Earlier this week I awoke with a vision, which was to use the musical activism of Nahko and Medicine for the People to stimulate discussions related to the water protector’s nonviolent efforts at Standing Rock, opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline, … Continue reading
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Tagged activism
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Bear Creek Query Discussion
As I wrote again recently, many Quaker meetings discuss queries as one way to explore our beliefs and practices together. I described Bear Creek meeting’s practice of inviting those who live at a distance from the meeting to participate by … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear Creek, Native Americans
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Social and Economic Justice
I’ve mentioned the Quaker practice of routinely considering questions related to our spiritual and social lives and practices. Praying about and discussing these questions, or queries, together is a way for us to share what we believe, and sometimes find … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Indigenous, race, Uncategorized
Tagged economic justice, queries
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Circle
Seeing so much of life is broken, I was struck by the following from the book Black Elk Speaks: You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World … Continue reading
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
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, Indigenous, revolution, Uncategorized
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 