-
Join 349 other subscribers
Archives
Search
Category Archives: Quaker Meetings
We don’t need God?
Britain Yearly Meeting is meeting this weekend, and will be discussing whether to revise their Faith and Practice. Yesterday Simon Jenkins wrote an opinion piece in The Guardian, The Quakers are right. We don’t need God. The subtitle reads “The … Continue reading
Posted in Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Conservative Friends, God, Great Britain, spiritual experience
7 Comments
History Lessons?
I appreciate it when people sometimes respond to a blog post, because often what I write about are things I’m wondering about, things I don’t completely understand, and am hoping for insight from others. That is partly because I was … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, climate refugees, Quaker Meetings, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged climate crisis, climate refugees
2 Comments
We Are Responsible
I last wrote Seeking a People which was about a blog post by Hye Sung Francis, who describes looking for a spiritual home, and concluding it wasn’t in the Quaker meetings he experienced. My response was to try to express … Continue reading
Posted in Quaker Meetings, race, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
2 Comments
Seeking a People
Below is the blog post of Hye Sung Francis, who describes looking for a spiritual home, and concluding it wasn’t in the Quaker meetings he experienced. He writes, “I’ve met others who need a Spirit-led Society. We share this vision, … Continue reading
Avis Wanda McClinton
Avis Wanda McClinton is an African American Quaker. There are several parts to the story of her recent experiences with Friends. There isn’t space here to completely cover all of those experiences. What I’d like to do is tell some … Continue reading
“A new era of peace” in Korea
The leaders of North and South Korea met in an historic meeting and signed an agreement pledging “no more war” and the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula, calling this a “new era of peace.” This is a stunning development … Continue reading
Overground Railroad Update
I have been writing about the likelihood of the migration of millions of people, climate refugees, from coastal areas to the middle of the country when the oceans rise, calling this the Overground Railroad. I began thinking about this in … Continue reading
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) 1966
I recently came across an article in Friends Journal, October 1, 1966, written by my uncle Bernard Standing. It was interesting to see how many similarities there were with Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) today. That was the year I first … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous, peace, Quaker Meetings, race, Uncategorized
Tagged Friends Journal, Vietnam War
Leave a comment
Quakers and the Future of Racial Healing
Quaker rapper Sterling Duns speaks about Dreaming of Wholeness: Quakers and the Future of Racial Healing in a new QuakerSpeak video. “It feels simple and deeply radical to just say as a group that is committed to honoring that of … Continue reading
Posted in Black Lives, Quaker Meetings, race, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Burt Kisling remembered
Tomorrow will be the memorial service for my father, Burt Kisling, who died March 21, 2018, after a three week struggle with pneumonia, which triggered heart and kidney failure. He was an awesome father, teacher and role model. I’m thinking … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 