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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 6
This is the final part about conflict resolution outlined in Joy Harjo’s book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems. 6. AND, USE WHAT YOU LEARN TO RESOLVE YOUR OWN CONFLICTS AND TO MEDIATE OTHERS’ CONFLICTS: When we made it back home, … Continue reading
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 5
This is a continuation of a series of steps for conflict resolution outlined in Joy Harjo’s book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems. 5. ELIMINATE NEGATIVE ATTITUDES DURING CONFLICT A panther poised in the cypress tree about to jump is a … Continue reading
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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 3 and 4
The past couple of blog posts have been about the first two parts of conflict resolution outlined in Joy Harjo’s book, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems. The third part is “give constructive feedback”. I’m having trouble understanding this section. … Continue reading
Going Beyond Local Boundaries
My family, and many others in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) have close ties with Monteverde Friends. Lucky (Standing) Guindon, my mother’s cousin and constant companion during their childhood, was one of the original group of Quakers who moved to Monteverde, … Continue reading
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Tagged Monteverde Friends, Scattergood Friends School
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Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 2
Yesterday I wrote about the first step of what Joy Harjo outlines for conflict resolution in her book Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems. I wrote about that because she says the first step is to create conflict resolution ground … Continue reading
Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings 1
I am the holy being of my mother’s prayer and my father’s song. —NORMAN PATRICK BROWN, DINEH POET AND SPEAKER Poet, writer and musician Joy Harjo has been named the country’s 23rd poet laureate. She is a member of the … Continue reading
The Grand Illusion
Besides the joy of gathering together for the Truthsgiving holiday, I looked forward to learning what my younger relatives think and feel about political issues, and especially climate change. This year I find they feel discouraged, with little hope for … Continue reading
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Imagine a Future
Most of us lack the stories that help imagine a future where we thrive in the midst of unstoppable ecological catastrophe. James Allen Families gathering together this holiday reminds us of what is really important. The joy of being with … Continue reading
Future Genocide
“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shore, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured … Continue reading
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Leonard Peltier’s 2019 Thanksgiving Message: “Walking on Stolen Land”
COLEMAN, FLORIDA – Leonard Peltier, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, who is incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in Coleman, Florida, for his 1977 conviction in connection with a shootout with U.S. government forces, where two FBI agents and one young American Indian … Continue reading
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 