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Sovereignty and Tribal Government Relations in the United States and Canada
The first of six webinars in the series “Working Toward Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples” will be held this Monday, August 10, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Eastern. Click here to register Sovereignty and Tribal Government Relations in the United States and Canada … Continue reading
Decolonizing Quakers
I’ve been writing lately about a series of webinars titled “Working Toward Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples.” Information about the webinar topics and registration for this series can be found at the end of this blog post. The series is … Continue reading
Quakers Seeking Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples
It is difficult for any community to deal with things our ancestors did that we would consider to be wrong today. Many people believe our ancestors were doing the best they could under the circumstances at the time. Are we … Continue reading
All that we are is story
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) is holding our Annual Session this weekend. In this age of the COVID-19 pandemic, we, as so many others, are using Zoom (an online meeting app) to connect with each other. When we resume, we re-Zoom. … Continue reading
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Let our lives speak for our convictions
The annual sessions of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) begin today. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our meetings this year will occur remotely using Zoom, a video and audio online meeting application. The following is from the Yearly Meeting’s website https://www.iymc.org/ … Continue reading
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John Lewis
I was sad to hear of the death of John Lewis yesterday, 7/17/2020. In a time when there are few heroes, John Lewis was a hero to me and many others. He was in his early twenties when he was … Continue reading
SHIFT – Intergenerational Trauma
I’ve written about Seeding Sovereignty’ fascinating biweekly online interviews (https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/?s=shift+narrative). I was especially looking forward to yesterday’s episode about intergenerational trauma which I found extremely informative. “Looking forward to” might not be quite right. I knew this would be a … Continue reading
Can Confronting Spiritual Bypassing be a Tool for Change?
Anyone who has worked for change quickly learns how difficult that is. We are born into cultures which teach us right versus wrong. Conflicts between cultures occur when what is considered right in one culture is considered wrong in another. … Continue reading
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The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us
“The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.” ― Terry Tempest Williams, Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert I recently wrote the following. As a teenager trying … Continue reading
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What are you bypassing spiritually?
“…we say many things about the changing aspects of our lives. We say that since change is inevitable, we should direct the change rather than simply continue to go through the change.” –Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, Delta Man This … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 