-
Join 349 other subscribers
Archives
Search
Category Archives: peace
Spirit Led Peace and Social Concerns
Again this summer Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) met at Scattergood Friends School and Farm for our annual sessions. I am clerk of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee which is a challenge. This summer our meetings went more smoothly, in … Continue reading
Posted in peace, Quaker, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
2 Comments
Taking the Second Path
I’ve been studying an article that is labeled a Cultural Comment, written by Jonathan Franzen that was just published in The New Yorker. The title and subtext is “What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? The … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, climate refugees, peace, Quaker, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Risking arrest for our future
Many states are criminalizing acts of nonviolent civil disobedience, clearly violating First Amendment rights. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, Native Americans, peace, Quaker, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged Nahko
Leave a comment
Sensemaking
A lifelong struggle for me has been the frustration that people don’t make the changes needed to address justice, peace, social and environmental problems. One of the most troubling, for example, is the direct connection between gas burning cars and … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, climate change, peace, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
And those who know and those who seek. Amidst the chaos, find your peace
I am so discouraged by the vicious and escalating racism of the president, and the enablers of his party who refuse to refute it. In a recent blog post the characteristics of fascism are articulated. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2019/07/28/we-refuse-to-sit-idly-by/ Surely we won’t be … Continue reading
Who are you?
There are several things I’m involved with now related to past and current injustices in the U.S including racial justice and Native American land theft and genocide. I’ve been praying, studying and reflecting a lot about past wrongs in U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in enslavement, Indigenous, Kheprw Institute, peace, Quaker, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
“War is War on Mother Earth”
I sometimes wonder why it takes so long to recognize something that has been in plain sight all along. This time, it is the link between war and climate change. I recently wrote about the U.S. military being that largest … Continue reading
Choose only one: Fight war or fight climate disaster
The only hope to possibly avoid environmental collapse is to immediately stop burning fossil fuels and continue to build up the infrastructure for renewable energy. The principles of a Green New Deal provide the framework to make this happen. The … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Green New Deal, peace, renewable energy, revolution, Uncategorized
Tagged military budget
2 Comments
Peace Activists’ Best Hope? The Sunrise Climate Movement
“Peace Activists’ Best Hope? The Sunrise Climate Movement” by Patrick Walker, Nationofchange.org, December 4, 2018, is an excellent summary of why I’ve supported the Sunrise Movement since it achieved national attention last November, when 250 youth of the Sunrise Movement … Continue reading
War, Peace and the Environment
As I wrote yesterday, I believe the environmental movement is today’s peace movement. The multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms, tornados, rain and flooding are leaving more and more places looking like war zones. Environmental war zones. As I thought more … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Arts, civil disobedience, climate change, Indigenous, integral nonviolence, peace, Uncategorized
Tagged #AllNationsYouth, #MniWiconi, #NODAPL, #RezpectOurWater
Leave a comment
Quakers, social justice and revolution 