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Robert Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Vietnam and Dissent
While reading Chris Matthew’s new book, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, I read about a CBS news program “Town Meeting of the World” in 1967, where Senator Robert Kennedy and Gov. Ronald Reagan take student questions, most of which were … Continue reading
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Tagged conscientious objection, draft resistance, Robert Kennedy, Vietnam War
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Queries and Action
Continuing to think about Quaker queries, I’ve been stimulated to think more about how we use them. During a recent discussion I said, “isn’t the purpose of queries to lead us to action?” Then I realized we might not all … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility revised
As I’ve been writing recently, we will be discussing the queries about civic responsibility at Bear Creek meeting this month. I was also trying to come up with a new version of the queries. But I think my first attempt … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear Creek, civic responsibility, injustice, legislation, nonviolence, society
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What do we do today?
I’ve been thinking and writing about Quaker queries for some time now. I’ve written about ways we use them, and how I as an individual use them as an important part of my spiritual practice. I am grateful some have … Continue reading
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When will they ever learn?
Pete Seeger’s classic song about war comes to mind as I wonder when we will ever learn about environmental destruction from fossil fuels? We have been at war against Mother Earth these last several decades. Many of you know I’ve … Continue reading
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Quakers and North Korea–Update 11/2/2017
I was very glad to have a phone conversation with Dan Jasper, Asia Public Education and Advocacy Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). I have written some about his work before. He spoke of how alarming it is that … Continue reading
Advices and Queries
Since I’ve been writing about the Quaker practice of considering the advices and queries, and since people who aren’t Quakers sometimes read these blog posts, it might be helpful to step back and explain more about this. Quakers attend a … Continue reading
New Civic Responsibility Queries
While sharing my responses about our Quaker queries regarding civic responsibility, an Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friend explained reasons he felt our queries should be revised. I asked him to provide an example and he said he is working on … Continue reading
What Actually Changed?
I’ve been writing a lot about the Quaker queries related to civic responsibility, and this one in particular: How do we share our convictions with others? Do we express our opinions with courage, yet with love, mindful of the Divine … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility – Dakota Access Pipeline
Continuing with the queries I’ve been discussing recently about civic responsibility, following are my experiences related to water protectors and the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance in Indianapolis. The introduction to these queries includes: “Speaking out on a personal level in … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 