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Cultural Appropriation and Photography
“Cultural appropriation is a concept in sociology dealing with the adoption of the elements of a minority culture by members of the dominant culture. It is distinguished from equal cultural exchange due to the presence of a colonial element and imbalance of power. Cultural appropriation is often portrayed as … Continue reading
Practicing Hope
Lately I’ve been studying and thinking about what it means to believe it is too late for Mother Earth to recover from the environmental damage we have done. As a Quaker and person of faith I believe that God continues … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged environmental destruction
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We don’t need God?
Britain Yearly Meeting is meeting this weekend, and will be discussing whether to revise their Faith and Practice. Yesterday Simon Jenkins wrote an opinion piece in The Guardian, The Quakers are right. We don’t need God. The subtitle reads “The … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Friends, God, Great Britain, spiritual experience
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Michael Foster ‘valve turner’
In a Newsweek article last year, Michael Foster wrote about “why I turned off the Keystone pipeline and face 21 years in jail.” My friend and fellow Keystone Pledge of Resistance Action Leader, Jim Poyser, mentioned that Michael was a … Continue reading
History Lessons?
I appreciate it when people sometimes respond to a blog post, because often what I write about are things I’m wondering about, things I don’t completely understand, and am hoping for insight from others. That is partly because I was … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, climate refugees, Quaker Meetings, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
Tagged climate crisis, climate refugees
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We Are Responsible
I last wrote Seeking a People which was about a blog post by Hye Sung Francis, who describes looking for a spiritual home, and concluding it wasn’t in the Quaker meetings he experienced. My response was to try to express … Continue reading
Posted in Quaker Meetings, race, spiritual seekers, Uncategorized
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Seeking a People
Below is the blog post of Hye Sung Francis, who describes looking for a spiritual home, and concluding it wasn’t in the Quaker meetings he experienced. He writes, “I’ve met others who need a Spirit-led Society. We share this vision, … Continue reading
Avis Wanda McClinton
Avis Wanda McClinton is an African American Quaker. There are several parts to the story of her recent experiences with Friends. There isn’t space here to completely cover all of those experiences. What I’d like to do is tell some … Continue reading
Finding Truth and Beauty
Photography is the primary way I look for and try to express beauty. But I appreciate all forms of art and expressions of beauty. There is a strong spiritual component to beauty, and strong beauty component to the spiritual. I’m … Continue reading
“A new era of peace” in Korea
The leaders of North and South Korea met in an historic meeting and signed an agreement pledging “no more war” and the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula, calling this a “new era of peace.” This is a stunning development … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 