Category Archives: Quaker Meetings

Quaker Public Engagement

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I write a lot, in a lot of places.  This is a spiritual calling for me.  I am led to share what the Inner Light says to me.   Years ago that was done mainly via email, since the people I … Continue reading →

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Memories of Don Laughlin

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I imagine Don and Lois were familiar to me as I grew up in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), but my first memories of them were from my days as a student at Scattergood Friends School (1966-70), when Lois was the … Continue reading →

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Rainy Day

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

It was raining (harder than I realized–I got pretty wet) this morning, so I went out, before going to Quaker meeting, to take these photos.

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Tensions and Black Lives Matter

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I recently urged people to do things like put Black Lives Matter signs in their yards and windows.  And told some related stories that had a positive ending. But now, especially in the light of Donald Trump falsely accusing Black … Continue reading →

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Future Scattergood

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

(NOTE:  for non Quaker readers of this blog, Scattergood Friends School and Farm is a Quaker boarding high school in rural Iowa that many members of my family and I attended). Scattergood School and Farm’s financial crisis is stimulating a … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Although a life long pacifist, I respect the service of those who believe a military response is sometimes called for.  It is a great sacrifice to give years of your life to military service, time away from family and friends.  … Continue reading →

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Peacebuilding presentation

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

There isn’t a lot of text, but here is what I presented at the annual meeting of the Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center yesterday. https://docs.com/jeff-kisling/3889/peacebuilding

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Peace

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

There are a number of reason why I’ve been thinking about peace lately. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is facing severe financial problems.  As a result, the long term Iowa Peacebuilding program is being terminated, so available resources can … Continue reading →

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A Call to Peacebuilding

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

September 2014 Peace has been a central concept of the faith and practice of Friends from our earliest days.  Unfortunately our country’s recent history has been a widening and deepening practice of violence, to the extent that we grow weary … Continue reading →

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Weekly Peace Vigil

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Every Friday 4:30-5:30 pm, a few people gather for the peace vigil in front of the Federal Building in the 500 block of N. Pennsylvania St, downtown Indianapolis.  Gilbert Kuhn, from North Meadow Friends, and Debbie Peddie are the regulars, having … Continue reading →

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