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Statement of Solidarity with the Red Warrior and Sacred Stone Camps in North Dakota
I agree with this statement from Rising Tide North America. As I recently wrote, now is the time to rise up. Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement is holding training session and a civil disobedience action in Pilot Mound, Iowa (near Boone) … Continue reading
Don Laughlin and Spiritually Alive
As far as I know, Don Laughlin came up with the term spiritually alive. I had written about an exchange I had with Tom Korbee, of the musical group Korbee, related to the lyrics of their new song, “We Are”. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Don Laughlin, spiritual
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Quaker Public Engagement
I write a lot, in a lot of places. This is a spiritual calling for me. I am led to share what the Inner Light says to me. Years ago that was done mainly via email, since the people I … Continue reading
Memories of Don Laughlin
I imagine Don and Lois were familiar to me as I grew up in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), but my first memories of them were from my days as a student at Scattergood Friends School (1966-70), when Lois was the … Continue reading
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Sacred Water
Once again Native Americans are on the front lines, trying to save our water from the greed of the fossil fuel industry. We are trying to find ways, perhaps via the Keystone Pledge of Resistance and/or Quaker Social Change Ministry … Continue reading
How Ironic
Yesterday I posted a link to Bill McKibben’s tremendous article in the New Republic, A World at War. The Facebook link shared had been titled “We Need to Literally Declare War on Climate Change”. In it he says “It’s not … Continue reading
Robert Kennedy Announces Death of Martin Luther King in Indianapolis
In these days of racial tension and violence and Black Lives Matter, I’d like to share, again, a video I made of photos I took at the Kennedy King Memorial, with audio of Dr. King’s speech just before he was … Continue reading
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Tagged Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy
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The Time for a Moral Revolution of Values
“Today we stand as truth-tellers witnessing to the pain and suffering caused by the injustices within our community and across this country. We gather to declare that we need a moral revival, a radical revolution of values.” https://kairoscenter.org/revival-time-moral-revolution-values/ I’m so … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Black Lives, civil disobedience, Indiana Moral Mondays, peace, race, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged moral issue, music, politics
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Rev William Barber’s DNC Speech
I’m so grateful that I was able to attend the MPOLIS Summit (Moral Political Organizing Leadership Institute) Wednesday, with Dr. Rev. William Barber, and will write more about that soon. But as I listened to him then, I was reminded … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, peace, race, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Lives Matter, environmental justice, politics
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Public Witness
Quakers have a long history of public peace vigils. I’m not sure what effects these might have. But too often silence is taken as complicity in the issue at hand. Too often the mainstream media doesn’t report on all the … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, peace, race, Uncategorized
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 