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Sharing Our Stories with Each Other
Richard Wagamese tells us “we change the world one story at a time.” I think of that as I read the story below about the destruction of the saguaros in order to build the border wall. ALL THAT WE ARE … Continue reading
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day: The Long Arc of FCNL Advocacy
Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m. EDT | Quaker Welcome Center or Online Columbus Day overlooks a painful colonial history and minimizes the important contributions made by Indigenous peoples throughout this continent’s history. That’s why FCNL has chosen to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ … Continue reading
Diplomacy Could Have Prevented the Bloodshed in Northeastern Syria
Diplomacy Could Have Prevented the Bloodshed in Northeastern Syria is the title of a statement by Diane Randall, Executive Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). As a Quaker organization committed to ending all wars, the Friends Committee … Continue reading
War Today
It was perhaps unfortunately prescient to have written about the Richmond Declaration on the Draft recently, in light of the situation in Syria today. We call on Friends everywhere to recognize the oppressive burden of militarism and conscription. We acknowledge … Continue reading
Quaker Queries: Outreach
I’ve written a number of times about Quaker’s practice of considering answers to a set of queries. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/advices-and-queries/ This month’s advice and queries are about outreach. My response follows the queries. I left out the last names of the people … Continue reading
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
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Tagged draft resistance, Scattergood Friends School
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Where you gonna hide from the hell you made?
On Friday, my 12-year-old son carried his handmade cardboard protest sign to one of the thousands of climate strikes around the world, along with five of his classmates. His sign read, “Where you gonna hide from the hell you made?” … Continue reading
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Orange Shirt Day
Today, Sept. 30, is Orange Shirt Day, remembering Indigenous children who suffered in residential schools. If you happen to have an orange shirt in your closet, consider wearing it today (Monday, Sept. 30). Orange Shirt Day is a relatively new … Continue reading
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
Peace, Social Concerns and Native Peoples
Yesterday I discussed the visionary statements we wrote during our Peace and Social Concerns committee meetings this summer at Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative). One area of ongoing interest and concern is our relationships with Native peoples. The blog post at … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 