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New blog:Quakers and Religious Socialism

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Jeff Kisling

Hello friends. I started a new blog Quakers and Religious Socialism I first heard about Religious Socialism at the end of 2020, when my friend Fran Quigley wrote in response to the blog post I had written, The Evil of Capitalism. Fran … Continue reading →

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New posts on LANDBACK Friends

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve been writing new blog posts on LANDBACK Friends (LANDBackFriends.com) because those are the issues I’m learning and writing about now. Here is a list of the posts from July to present on LANDBACK Friends: July 1 Replanning Human Life – LANDBACK … Continue reading →

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Black Children’s Memorial burned

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

These are photos I took earlier in the year when I noticed this memorial in the neighborhood of the church where we, Des Moines Mutual Aid, fill about sixty boxes of food to distribute to those in need. Then I … Continue reading →

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Moral Injury

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

The concept of moral injury is helpful for me in the context of the tragedies of the Indian boarding schools and my relationship with my Quaker community. Here is the link to today’s post about this on LANDBACK Friends Moral … Continue reading →

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Multiple Spiritual Communities

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

I recently wrote Spiritual discernment to leave Quakers. After that, though, I admit I thought, ‘what have I done? What now?’ I am a bit off balance. Writing helps me find my way through things I don’t have a good … Continue reading →

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New website: LANDBACK Friends

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

As my focus changes to the concepts of Mutual Aid and LANDBACK, I just launched a new website related to these concepts. LANDBACK Friends There you can read “An Epistle to Friends Regarding Community, Mutual Aid and LANDBACK” And can … Continue reading →

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An Epistle to Friends Regarding Community, Mutual Aid and LANDBACK

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I wrote at length why I’ve been led to leave Quakers for the time being. This morning I’m feeling a bit like “what have I done?” And what does that mean? Buried so deep in that lengthy article that … Continue reading →

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Spiritual discernment to leave Quakers

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

ABSTRACT For months I’ve been in significant spiritual distress. I’ve been learning a great deal from my Native friends, and working with them on Mutual Aid projects. And they tell me the way white people can best support them is … Continue reading →

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Quaker Social Concerns as Mutual Aid and LANDBACK

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Jeff Kisling

We are moving further into chaotic times. I started to list all the ways, but there are so many, and you know what they are. People seem paralyzed by the destruction of our environment, and collapse of political and economic … Continue reading →

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