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Sherry Hutchison continues to teach peace
Sherry Hutchison would have been 99 years old on January 13th in 2018. She died peacefully December 31st, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sherry was a member of Des Moines Valley Friends (Quaker) Meeting, which belongs to Iowa Yearly Meeting … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Quaker, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Midyear Meeting, Sherry Hutchison
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No Overground Railroad
Yesterday I wrote about the ongoing climate disaster in the Midwest. This has shown my idea of an overground railroad is not going to work. Some time ago I began to think of the possibility of an “overground railroad” to … Continue reading
Historic Flooding in Nebraska
I’ve been out of touch with news this past weekend as we were at Bear Creek Meeting, cleaning and getting ready for Midyear Meeting. The broken dam and historic flooding is hard to believe. Climate chaos is here now. Iowa … Continue reading
Holding in the Light
I’m thinking about what “holding in the Light” means this morning. I’m asking those who are so led to hold my godsons Shawn and Brandon in the light today. Shawn is in the hospital, and Brandon is going to have … Continue reading
1 photo : 1,000 words
In a recent post that was a photo gallery of some pictures I’ve taken this winter, I mentioned the phrase “a picture is worth 1,000 words”. The WordPress Reader provides links to related blog posts. One caught my attention: 1:1000, … Continue reading
Quakers: Opportunity to Revitalize
Is your Quaker meeting growing smaller as the elders die, and few young people come? Or when young people visit, but don’t stay? Do you feel frustrated that your peace and social justice efforts seem to have little impact? How … Continue reading
Convergence of Community Visions
For years I’ve been writing to try to express a vision of community that came to me during Quaker meeting for worship, similar to what Martin Luther King, Jr, called Beloved community. For Dr. King, The Beloved Community was not … Continue reading
Bear Creek Friends and Monteverde Friends School
I’ve written recently about the connections between Bear Creek Friends Meeting, in the countryside north of Earlham, Iowa, and the Monteverde Friends community in Costa Rica. A recent email conversation began when I expressed my appreciation for the hand drawn … Continue reading
Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) Meeting supports Green New Deal
December 16, 2018, Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) Meeting discussed the Green New Deal, as part of the Peace and Social Concerns Report (below) that was also approved. Minute Approved: Bear Creek Friends Meeting supports the idea of a Green New … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear Creek, Sunrise Movement
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Quakers, Faith and First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March
This video is about some of the ways faith played a role during the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March, a 94 mile March along the route of the Dakota Access pipeline in central Iowa. The transcript of the video is … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 