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Facebook: Quakers and Spiritual Seekers
As I’ve been thinking more about how Quakers might make what we have more widely known to spiritual seekers today, I tried to imagine where spiritual seekers might be looking. My assumption is that social media would be the place, … Continue reading
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Quakers Welcome Spiritual Seekers
Much of my thinking and writing lately has been related to spirituality. I believe this is a time when more and more people are looking for spiritual resources, and fewer are finding organized religion meeting those needs. Yesterday I wrote … Continue reading
“own eyes and not through the eyes of others!”
Yesterday I posted a copy of the blog post Prophecies, Unprecedented Change and the Emergence of a New Global Civilization, 2017-2020. I don’t know enough about Native American culture to know how widely and closely this corresponds to the beliefs of Native … Continue reading
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Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution
“Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution“ was the title of the commencement address Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, delivered at Oberlin College in 1965. “There are all too many people who, in some great period of social change, fail to achieve … Continue reading
Personal Responsibility
I’ve mentioned that one way Quakers share and develop their spiritual lives are by considering a series of questions, we refer to as queries. Each month there are a set of queries to think about and discuss together on a … Continue reading
Thankful for Water Protectors and Quakers Supporting Them
Thanksgiving is the one day of the year when the general public might give some thought to Native Americans. Unfortunately we know the long history of betrayal as settlers killed many Native Americans and forcibly took over the land of … Continue reading
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Education as Part of the Next American Revolution
As I wrote yesterday, the book that we will be discussing at KI today is The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs. The last part of the book is about education, and how we … Continue reading
Addressing the Hurt
Hurt seems to be a pervasive feeling these days. Hurt from political turmoil and rumors of all kinds related to the Trump victory, feeling the fear of all who seem to be threatened in so many different ways. But even … Continue reading
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Dakota Access Quaker Meeting
One of the positive things about social media is connecting (electronically) to others who share your interests and concerns. I have been following the Facebook writings of Mark Morey, who has spent time at Standing Rock. Following is a story he tells … Continue reading
Public Square 6
The question that has been put to me recently relates to how we decide which public events to support. Quakers believe that the spirit of God is present in all of us, and guides our way each day. And it … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 