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Richmond Declaration on the Draft
I recently came upon the brochure about the Declaration on the Draft and Conscription: Richmond 1968, held at Earlham College (Richmond, Indiana) October 11 – 13, at the time of the Viet Nam War. An announcement of the Conference was … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Quaker, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged draft resistance, Scattergood Friends School
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Bear Creek Friends and Medicinal Herbs
It was a foggy morning as I traveled toward Bear Creek Friends meetinghouse this morning. But instead of going to the meetinghouse, I traveled a couple of miles down Bear Creek Road to the farm of my Aunt Win and … Continue reading
Spirit Led Peace and Social Concerns
Again this summer Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) met at Scattergood Friends School and Farm for our annual sessions. I am clerk of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee which is a challenge. This summer our meetings went more smoothly, in … Continue reading
Posted in peace, Quaker, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
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A Quaker and Native peoples
This morning I have the opportunity to talk about my experiences with Native peoples. As I was preparing for this, I realized my spiritual environmental journey led me to Indigenous peoples. Some recent experiences have helped me move along the … Continue reading
Working for the Iran Deal 2015
Increasing tensions with Iran now remind me of the work we did in 2015 to get the Iran Nuclear Deal approved. Tensions today are the direct result of the withdrawal of the United States from that deal. The work began … Continue reading
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Tagged FCNL, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), Iran
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Iowa Young Friends’ Giving Voice Epistle
As I read with great joy and gratitude the following “giving voice” epistle of the Young Friends of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) this year, I wanted to share it with those beyond our yearly meeting who would not see it … Continue reading
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Use of Questions as Spiritual Practice
I imagine any number of religious communities use questions to help guide spiritual reflection. Quakers use the term Query to refer to these questions. Different Quaker meetings create their own sets of queries. The following relates to the Advices and … Continue reading
Memorial Tree Planting
I didn’t know what people would think about my recent blog post, My Tree Friend. For most of my life I thought of spiritual experience mainly in terms of human beings and the Spirit. Vertebrates have nervous systems of various … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous, Quaker Meetings, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek, Trees
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Ethical Transportation
I am tremendously pleased by 16 year old Greta Thunberg’s decision to travel to the United States via a zero carbon sailboat instead of taking an airplane from Sweden. “This is a fight across borders.” Asked what she would miss … Continue reading
Iowa Land Acknowledgement Statement
I’ve written a lot about the workshops and presentations that Quaker Paula Palmer led us through when she was in the Midwest recently. In the following excerpt of her letter to faith communities, she describes some reasons why this became … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 