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New Civic Responsibility Queries
While sharing my responses about our Quaker queries regarding civic responsibility, an Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friend explained reasons he felt our queries should be revised. I asked him to provide an example and he said he is working on … Continue reading
What Actually Changed?
I’ve been writing a lot about the Quaker queries related to civic responsibility, and this one in particular: How do we share our convictions with others? Do we express our opinions with courage, yet with love, mindful of the Divine … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility – Social Justice Videos
Continuing with the queries regarding civic responsibility, the advice mentions the importance of staying informed on social issues. I’ve been writing about the query “How do we share our convictions with others?” Key to sharing our convictions is informing others … Continue reading
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Civic Responsibility 2 – Public Vigils
One of the reasons I love the Quaker use of queries is how they stimulate me/us to reflect on our lives, beliefs, and encourage us to do more. Yesterday’s post was about the queries related to civic responsibility. One of … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility
The queries we will be considering this month at Bear Creek meeting are about civic responsibility. CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY ADVICE Because Friends believe there is that of God in all people, we strive for a world of freedom, justice and equality … Continue reading
Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality
How I look at social justice and spirituality has been profoundly affected by my recent experiences with Native Americans. These things are difficult to put into words, but similar to Quaker meetings for worship, there was a palpable sense of … Continue reading
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KHOI Radio Interviews-North Korea Exchange
Following up on recent articles in the Des Moines Register about Iowa and agricultural diplomacy, KHOI (89.1 FM) radio talk producer Susan Franzen created an episode titled “Citizen Diplomacy through agriculture from USSR to PRNC“. From the program’s website: Ambassador Kenneth … Continue reading
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U.S. doesn’t care about endless war
I have been upset since reading this article: How We Learned Not To Care About America’s Wars, Sixteen years of autopilot wars, but who’s counting? by Andrew Bacevich. Published on the Common Dreams website. As a Quaker and someone who … Continue reading
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Reactions to Invitation to North Korea
As discussed here, Bear Creek Friends meeting wrote a letter to the Des Moines Register inviting another visit from a North Korean delegation to discuss agricultural practices. I was wondering what the reader comments would be. Following are what have … Continue reading
Monteverde and Iowa Quakers’ peace concerns
Yesterday I briefly described how Quakers decided to leave the U.S. and move to Costa Rica because of increasing militarism. At the same time (late 1940’s) that Eston and Marvin Rockwell and Wolf Guindon were imprisoned for resisting peacetime conscription … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 