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Republican Military Budget
The new Republican administration has said, and reports indicate, the budget that will soon be released will dramatically expand military spending by 10%, that is, 54 billion dollars! Even worse, the New York Times writes about the lack of a … Continue reading
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Youth Taking Environmental Action
Yesterday I wrote about the powerful message from RezPect Our Water, asking us to educate all children and youth about the importance of our environment, our water, and the threats to it. Although this comes after the Republican administration’s final … Continue reading
For Big Problems, Small Solutions
That is the title of an article by Charles Eisenstein, subtitled “Now more than ever, we must recognize the logic of ‘bigness’ devalues the personal and seemingly small when it comes to making a difference” in the Winter issue of … Continue reading
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Faith and Fear
Fear seems to be a dominant theme in our politics and society today. The new Republican administration is basing its policies on fear. It is paradoxical and frustrating that the “doublespeak” justifying the usurpation of law and destruction of our … Continue reading
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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
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
The Spirit Now
The reason I think it is important to discuss matters of the spirit now is because we are moving into a dark, unknown future. Our civilization seems to go through cycles between times of relative peace and well being for most of … 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
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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
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Interconnections Among Dilemmas
I’ve been writing lately about how the economic, educational, and political systems we have grown up with are no longer working, and we need to find new ways to move forward. When it seems so many different things are going … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, interconnection, politics, religion, violence
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 