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Accompaniment
Recently I’ve been struggling with ideas of how to bridge the deepening political divide in the United States. The recent rally when the president was in North Carolina was very disturbing, where an all white audience chanted “send her back”. … Continue reading
Nooses
I want to disclose I am honored to be on the Bold Iowa Team. I appreciate the many good things Bold Iowa has done and continues to do, especially related to climate change. Unfortunately a recent attempt to call attention … Continue reading
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How Do You Know?
Yesterday I wrote of why “common memory must be created” and some of my experiences in doing that. I wrote: I encourage you to seek out your own opportunities to experience building new relationships. We need to reconnect with each … Continue reading
The Importance of Shared Memory
I am discouraged today. Yesterday our political discourse sank to a new low. As usual the press obsesses on the latest attack on “others” by this administration. We get distracted by paying attention to the latest political outrage and often … Continue reading
Lights for Liberty – Washington DC
Report from Rezadad Mohammadi and Christine Ashley (FCNL), Washington, DC America has traditionally been a country of immigrants. For many, the U.S. is known as a global “melting pot” due to its mixture of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and nationalities. That’s … Continue reading
A Perfect Storm
perfect storm: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors Hurricane Barry could be called a perfect storm. Hurricane Barry developed from a tropical storm into a hurricane because of higher than normal sea surface temperatures. … Continue reading
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Lights for Liberty
“The ones that matter the most are the children.” Lakota Proverb Beautiful Baby, Beautiful Child (a lullaby) Hokosucē herosē. Estuce herosē. Beautiful baby, beautiful child. Hokosucē herosē, Estuce herosē. The sky is your blanket; the earth is your cradle. Sutvt … Continue reading
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Right Relationship Iowa
The Spirit created the opportunity for Paula Palmer to be with us in Iowa and Nebraska recently. Supported by Boulder Friends Meeting, the resources for Toward Right Relationships with Native Peoples can be found here: https://www.boulderfriendsmeeting.org/ipc-right-relationship-2/ My leading started with … Continue reading
Climate Emergency
It is so frustrating to those of us who have for years done everything we could think of to curtail the use of fossil fuels. To now see climate chaos unfolding before our eyes. We knew the climate chaos we … Continue reading
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change
We have been so blessed to have had Paula Palmer bring her ministry related to “Toward Right Relationships with Native Peoples” to Iowa and Nebraska over the past several days. Supported by Boulder Friends Meeting, the resources for Toward Right … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 