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Violence/Nonviolence
Recently I’ve been reading and thinking more about violence and nonviolence. Reflecting on the recent first year anniversary of the white supremacy rally and deadly attacks in Charlottesville, North Carolina last year, I’m saddened to remember the violence on the … Continue reading
Resist not evil
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matthew 5:39 My friend Lucy Duncan, of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) recently wrote, … Continue reading
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Tagged Volunteer Service Mission VSM
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Quakers and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
Some Friends and I have been involved in this year’s launch of the Poor People’s Campaign. I have been wondering about Quaker’s involvement in the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign. I knew Quaker Bayard Rustin had been involved in the 1963 … Continue reading
New Queries – Sacred Questions
Many readers of this blog are probably familiar with the Quaker practice of contemplating answers to a set of written questions that we refer to as queries. While individuals can of course consider their answers to the queries, the usual … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
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Two-eyed Seeing and our Environment
Unprecedented wildfires, deluges of rain, storm surges and flooding, melting ice, multi-year droughts and record high air and ocean temperatures, and rising concentrations of greenhouse gases show we are moving deeper into environmental chaos. Now people are realizing climate change … Continue reading
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Family Separation at the Southern Border
Minute: Family Separation at the Southern Border At the root of our faith is the sacredness of relationships among ourselves and between us and God. We have been heartbroken to see those sacred connections broken as children are separated from … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
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How Friends Can Help the Climate March
I will be writing a lot about this year’s First Nation – Farmer Climate Unity March, September 1 – 8, 2018, that I plan to be participating in. Here is the introduction from the Climate March website: Landowners who had … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, Indigenous, peace, Poor Peoples Campaign, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Climate March, First Nations
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A little daring
I’ve written a little about my disappointment and frustration from the annual sessions of my Yearly Meeting. Sometimes the Warrior feels as if he were living two lives at once. In one of them he is obliged to do all … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical Transportation, peace, Quaker Meetings, race, Uncategorized
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Doing vs Talking
Brad Ogilvie, who I know from my connections to William Penn House, wrote: “A few years ago, I cut short a trip to Pine Ridge, S.D., so that I could lead a workshop at Baltimore Yearly Meeting annual sessions. The Pine … Continue reading
Wanda Knight
Wanda Knight’s Celebration of Life will be held at Bear Creek Friends Meeting July 31, 2018, at 10:30 am. Wanda and my Mom grew up together in the Bear Creek community. I’ve heard quite a few stories of those days. … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 