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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
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Why ponder these things now?
There are several reasons I’ve begun to write what I hope will be a series of posts about working for peace and justice. Perhaps most fundamentally because the world around me now is so different from the one I was … Continue reading
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Being and becoming
“I know that the ones who love us will miss us.” Keanu Reeves Keanu Reeves’ answer to Stephen Colbert’s question, “what happens when we die?” (above) reminds me of a collection of things I’ve read, or heard (Justin Bieber’s “Purpose”) … Continue reading
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Time and Space
When I sit in front of my computer most mornings, what I should write often comes to me. I see this as a spiritual exercise. And usually the words that come to me are related to spiritual matters as well. … Continue reading
Spiritual Foundations
One of the primary reasons I felt led to be part of the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March was to learn more about Native Americans, and especially their spiritual beliefs and practices. It is not my place to try to … Continue reading
Chaos and Hope
It seems the most frequently used word in our country on this day, 12/21/2018, is CHAOS. I know one definition is ‘a state of utter confusion or disorder’. But another definition is ‘the infinity of space or formless matter supposed … Continue reading
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Spiritual Depth
As a young Friend I was profoundly influenced by the spiritual examples of the Quaker community I grew up in, Bear Creek Friends Meeting in the countryside two miles north of Earlham, Iowa. Our meeting was part of Iowa Yearly … Continue reading
Will we find the courage?
I try to avoid including too much of other’s writings in my blog posts, but Daniel Pinchbeck expresses what I’ve been trying to say about addressing our environmental catastrophe in ways that others might relate to better. If we don’t … Continue reading
Quakers, a “guarded” society, and environmental destruction
“Guarded” was the term used by early Quakers to express avoiding too much of an integration with the larger society they lived in. The term was usually applied to education. Quakers created their own schools to teach Quaker beliefs and … Continue reading
Dust Bowl, Tar Sands and Prayer
As I learn more about Chief Arvol Looking Horse I find parallels to my own experiences related to our environment. It was a spiritual vision of the Rocky Mountains obscured by clouds of pollution that led me to give up … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 