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Make the Growth Equation Work for You

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I recently wrote about the formula for success. At that time I couldn’t find the article I had read about this idea. Now I have found it, and the section on making the growth equation work for you provides these … Continue reading →

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Wanda Knight

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Wanda Knight’s Celebration of Life will be held at Bear Creek Friends Meeting July 31, 2018, at 10:30 am. Wanda and my Mom grew up together in the Bear Creek community. I’ve heard quite a few stories of those days. … Continue reading →

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Formula for Success

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I can’t find the article I read recently, but I remember the formula for success that it was written about: stress  +  rest  =  growth Searching the Internet reveals there are a lot of articles about various formulas for success. … Continue reading →

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Reflections on a Quaker Annual Meeting

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I just returned home from a week spent at Scattergood Friends School, where the annual meeting of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) was held. My blog posts are definitely not official or approved by the yearly meeting. This post is a … Continue reading →

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Visual Leadings

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I tried to explain how I see photography as a spiritual practice. As often happens, I realized there was more I wanted to say. I tried to explain how my awareness of the beauty of the natural world being … Continue reading →

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Photography as spiritual practice

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

As I wrote a month ago, the theme of the upcoming annual meeting of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) is “Being Centered in an Uncentered World.” The first evening session will be “Finding Truth and Beauty” where I will share my … Continue reading →

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Living the Change

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

As I wrote yesterday, I heard from Susanna Mattingly, the Sustainability Communication Officer for the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC). FWCC is joining a multi-faith campaign to work for sustainable living, called Living the Change.   This encourages us to … Continue reading →

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Truth, Beauty and Bicycles

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

This morning I received this message from Susanna Mattingly, the Sustainability Communication Officer for the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC): I’m trying to select a few images that will represent Quakerism to faith groups all around the world. FWCC … Continue reading →

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Who am I?

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

My Quaker meeting, Bear Creek, is part of Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative). As the name implies, people who belong to this group of Quaker meetings come together annually for business, worship, learning and spending time with each other. … Continue reading →

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A Difficult Time

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday’s meeting between the United States President and Russian leader Vladimir Putin represented the culmination of an administration that has upended many of the norms by which our government functioned and changed our relationships with other countries.  There is much … Continue reading →

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