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Civic Responsibility 3 – Environment
Continuing to think about the Quaker queries we are considering regarding civic responsibility (Civic Responsibility and Civic Responsibility 2), I earlier wrote about peace vigils and marches. The primary query I am referring to is: How do we share our … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility 2 – Public Vigils
One of the reasons I love the Quaker use of queries is how they stimulate me/us to reflect on our lives, beliefs, and encourage us to do more. Yesterday’s post was about the queries related to civic responsibility. One of … Continue reading
Civic Responsibility
The queries we will be considering this month at Bear Creek meeting are about civic responsibility. CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY ADVICE Because Friends believe there is that of God in all people, we strive for a world of freedom, justice and equality … Continue reading
Symbols
Continuing to study The Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality, I am reading about the importance of symbols. The Medicine Wheel is the ancient symbol used by most North and South American Native people. Many relationships can be expressed in sets … Continue reading
Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality
How I look at social justice and spirituality has been profoundly affected by my recent experiences with Native Americans. These things are difficult to put into words, but similar to Quaker meetings for worship, there was a palpable sense of … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Indigenous, peace, Quaker Meetings, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
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KHOI Radio Interviews-North Korea Exchange
Following up on recent articles in the Des Moines Register about Iowa and agricultural diplomacy, KHOI (89.1 FM) radio talk producer Susan Franzen created an episode titled “Citizen Diplomacy through agriculture from USSR to PRNC“. From the program’s website: Ambassador Kenneth … Continue reading
Posted in peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged AFSC, Bear Creek, North Korea
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U.S. doesn’t care about endless war
I have been upset since reading this article: How We Learned Not To Care About America’s Wars, Sixteen years of autopilot wars, but who’s counting? by Andrew Bacevich. Published on the Common Dreams website. As a Quaker and someone who … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, climate change, Indigenous, integral nonviolence, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged war
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Reactions to Invitation to North Korea
As discussed here, Bear Creek Friends meeting wrote a letter to the Des Moines Register inviting another visit from a North Korean delegation to discuss agricultural practices. I was wondering what the reader comments would be. Following are what have … Continue reading
Help KI Win Funding for Food Coop
UPDATE: Click on the green arrow next to the Empowered to Serve box to go to voting for Community Food Initiative The Kheprw Institute (KI) youth empowerment community in Indianapolis that North Meadow Friends and I have been involved with … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Quaker Meetings, Quaker Social Change Ministry, Uncategorized
Tagged food coop, Kheprw Institute
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Monteverde and Environmental Injustice
I was glad to receive this good news from Rick Juliusson from Monteverde Friends School in response to the recent blog post, Monteverde Friends suffer severe damage from storm. “Thank you so much for your support, Jeff. We appreciate the … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 