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Monteverde and Iowa Quakers’ peace concerns
Yesterday I briefly described how Quakers decided to leave the U.S. and move to Costa Rica because of increasing militarism. At the same time (late 1940’s) that Eston and Marvin Rockwell and Wolf Guindon were imprisoned for resisting peacetime conscription … Continue reading
Monteverde Friends suffer severe damage from storm
“Tropical Storm Nate created a state of emergency in Costa Rica and here in Monteverde. Cut off from the main town of Santa Elena by a washed out bridge, no electricity/internet/telephone, limited water and food supplies, and uncertainty about future … Continue reading
Bear Creek Friends Meeting and North Korea
I just wrote about the current interest in the idea of “farm diplomacy” after a couple of editorials were published in the Des Moines Register. Sept. 1, 2017, Kenneth M Quinn, President of the World Food Prize suggested inviting a … Continue reading
Posted in peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek, diplomacy, food, North Korea, Scattergood
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Swords into plowshares
And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. … Continue reading
Ecocide of Puerto Rico
Quakers believe there is that of God in every single person, and that every one of us is capable of communicating directly with God. My experience has been with a God of compassion and justice. This morning I was awakened … Continue reading
Fly the “Friendly” Skies – Not
I wrote about a recent article in Environmental Research Letters, The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions, by Seth Wynes and Kimberly A Nicholas, that estimates the annual amount of greenhouse gas emissions … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, bicycles, climate change, Ethical Transportation, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged air transportation
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Environmental Queries
I have written before about the Quaker practice of considering a set of questions or queries as a group, to explore various subjects related to how we are living our lives. There are twelve sets of queries, so the usual … Continue reading
Personal actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The July 12, 2017, article in Environmental Research Letters, The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions, by Seth Wynes and Kimberly A Nicholas, estimates the annual amount of greenhouse gas emissions that would … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, climate change, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
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Reflections on September Journey
This past weekend’s 3 day journey happened as a result of spiritual leadings. Quakers (among others) believe we can communicate directly with God or the spirit, which is why we don’t feel the need for a minister, meditating together in … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Black Lives, Ethical Transportation, Indigenous, Quaker Meetings, race, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek
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September Journey Day 3 – Prairie Awakening
Sunday, or First Day, September 10th, was the third day of this journey, and the original reason for it, to attend the Native American Prairie Awakening celebration. The day began with pre-meeting discussion of the relationship between the individual and … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Indigenous, Quaker Meetings, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek, Native Americans
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 