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We are the land speaking for itself
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed actions related to the Wet’suwet’en people’s efforts to stop the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline from being built on their territories. Unfortunately the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were recently seen patrolling a Wet’suwet’en cultural … Continue reading
Josiah Helland plays the flute
I have met Josiah Helland on a few occasions in Indianapolis. One was at the wedding of our mutual friends Brandi Herron and Joshua Taflinger. I had recently retired, but I rode the bus from Iowa so I could attend … Continue reading
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The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us
“The Eyes of the Future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to see beyond our own time.” ― Terry Tempest Williams, Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert I recently wrote the following. As a teenager trying … Continue reading
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What are you bypassing spiritually?
“…we say many things about the changing aspects of our lives. We say that since change is inevitable, we should direct the change rather than simply continue to go through the change.” –Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, Delta Man This … Continue reading
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Spiritual bypass and avoidance
In the previous post, I wrote about a concept that is new to me, Spiritual Bypass. In simpler terms, spiritual bypassing is characterized by an active avoidance of pain and reality. It is deliberately deciding to cut out the discomforts … Continue reading
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Spiritual bypassing
Every once in a while I come across a concept that helps me understand or more clearly express some of those things that seem to float at the edges of my consciousness. This morning I was led to read about … Continue reading
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What part of systemic do you not understand?
The phrase “what part of CONCEPT do you not understand?” is used to try to get someone to stop and think about whatever CONCEPT it is that you are talking about. This happens when someone is uncritically taking something (CONCEPT) … Continue reading
Black Panthers
I was surprised and impressed to learn from my friend Ronnie James that the Free Breakfast for Children has continued to this day. So I work with a dope crew called Des Moines Mutual Aid, and on Saturday mornings we … Continue reading
Juneteenth
Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth;[2] also known as Freedom Day,[3]Jubilee Day,[4] and Liberation Day[5]) is a Texas state holiday celebrated annually on the 19th of June in the United States to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger announcing federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming that all slaves in Texas were now free.[6] Although the Emancipation Proclamation had … Continue reading
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Indigenous and Black Collaboration
Many of you know of my years of wonderful connection with the Kheprw Institute (KI), a Black youth mentoring and empowerment community in Indianapolis. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/?s=kheprw Of course much of what I learned there was far from wonderful. I witnessed so … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 