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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
Environmental Impact Review of DAPL
On Wednesday, January 18, 2017, a Federal judge “allowed a potentially lengthy environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline to move forward over objections from the pipeline’s developer.” This has been the most recent goal of the Standing Rock Sioux … Continue reading
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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
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“own eyes and not through the eyes of others!”
Yesterday I posted a copy of the blog post Prophecies, Unprecedented Change and the Emergence of a New Global Civilization, 2017-2020. I don’t know enough about Native American culture to know how widely and closely this corresponds to the beliefs of Native … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Arts, climate change, Indigenous, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
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Emergence of a New Global Civilization
The following post is from the website, Walking the Red Road. “We Walk the Red Road by Doing Our Utmost To Follow the Sacred Teachings of Those Beloved Elders That Made the Red Road Visible By Walking it Before Us!” … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, peace, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Indigenous, Native Americans, spiritual
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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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Trevor Noah on DAPL
So often humor is an extremely effective way to get people to listen about a subject they wouldn’t commonly pay attention to, and explain it in such a way that they will quickly but clearly understand. A brief video clip … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Uncategorized
Tagged cars, environmental racism, Indigenous, Native Americans
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Thankful for Water Protectors and Quakers Supporting Them
Thanksgiving is the one day of the year when the general public might give some thought to Native Americans. Unfortunately we know the long history of betrayal as settlers killed many Native Americans and forcibly took over the land of … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Quaker Meetings, Quaker Social Change Ministry, Uncategorized
Tagged Kheprw Institute
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 