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Higher Ground Moral Declaration

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I believe the adoption of the concept of the separation of church and state that our government is founded upon is one of the most significant reasons we have had some success in trying to create a just society, though … Continue reading →

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Rise Up Now

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Few people deny climate change is real these days.  Here is an excellent summary.  Extreme drought and resulting raging fires, extreme rainfall and flooding, and rising sea levels are a few of the most obvious signs.  Worse changes are not … Continue reading →

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Don Laughlin on our Environment

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Following are a few excerpts from conversations with Don Laughlin, a life long environmentalist and Quaker, who died recently.  1/28/2015 I’m not really depressed over the state of the planet—I’ve just forced myself to face my view of reality which is that … Continue reading →

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Don Laughlin and Spiritually Alive

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

As far as I know, Don Laughlin came up with the term spiritually alive. I had written about an exchange I had with Tom Korbee, of the musical group Korbee, related to the lyrics of their new song, “We Are”.  … Continue reading →

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Quaker Public Engagement

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I write a lot, in a lot of places.  This is a spiritual calling for me.  I am led to share what the Inner Light says to me.   Years ago that was done mainly via email, since the people I … Continue reading →

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Memories of Don Laughlin

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

I imagine Don and Lois were familiar to me as I grew up in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), but my first memories of them were from my days as a student at Scattergood Friends School (1966-70), when Lois was the … Continue reading →

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Sacred Water

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Once again Native Americans are on the front lines, trying to save our water from the greed of  the fossil fuel industry. We are trying to find ways, perhaps via the Keystone Pledge of Resistance and/or Quaker Social Change Ministry … Continue reading →

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White Christian America is Dying

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Sheila Kennedy’s blog post today summarizes a recent article in the Washington Post, White Christian America is Dying.  Both are well worth reading, and explain this much better than I can summarize here.  They describe research from the Public Religion … Continue reading →

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How Ironic

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I posted a link to Bill McKibben’s tremendous article in the New Republic, A World at War.  The Facebook link shared had been titled “We Need to Literally Declare War on Climate Change”.   In it he says “It’s not … Continue reading →

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Robert Kennedy Announces Death of Martin Luther King in Indianapolis

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Jeff Kisling

In these days of racial tension and violence and Black Lives Matter, I’d like to share, again, a video I made of photos I took at the Kennedy King Memorial, with audio of Dr. King’s speech just before he was … Continue reading →

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