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Tag Archives: Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
Capital Punishment
One of the things the Peace and Social Concerns Committee considered was the following minute about capital punishment, which was written and approved by Des Moines Valley Friends. We prayerfully considered the Minute, and then approved it unchanged. It was then … Continue reading
Bill Chance / Frank Griffith
Bill Chance, who I haven’t met, left this comment about yesterday’s post, Ethical Transportation 2. Bill writes about bicycles on his website Interesting post. A few years ago, I made a commitment to reduce my miles driven by riding my … Continue reading
Ethical Transportation 2
I previously described recent work by my Quaker meeting, Bear Creek, related to trying to reduce the use of fossil fuel transportation in a rural setting. The meeting approved a Minute (statement) of their views on this. As I mentioned … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear Creek, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
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Peace and Social Concerns 2017 Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
Recent posts are about peace and social concerns related to Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative). I haven’t had a chance to post anything since Tuesday, because we have been having our annual meetings of the Yearly Meeting at Scattergood Friends … Continue reading
Peace and Social Concerns Minutes
The last post described the process by which peace and social concerns matters are dealt with by Quakers in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), which begins its annual meetings today at Scattergood Friends School and Farm. Following are the Minutes that … Continue reading
Peace and Social Concerns at Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), an organization of Quaker meetings in the Midwest, begins our annual meetings at Scattergood Friends School and Farm, in the country near West Branch, Iowa, today. You can see the schedule and descriptions of events for … Continue reading
RAGBRAI 2
As I wrote previously, RAGBRAI is the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, and a number of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Quakers are participating in this year’s ride. I didn’t mention that both Don and David Mott, in yesterday’s photo, … Continue reading
Ethical Transportation
The following is an example of how Quakers work together as a spiritual community. As those who know me know, and I’ve written about many times, nearly forty years ago I was led to live without a personal automobile. That … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, bicycles, climate change, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek, cars, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
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BIKE/AFSC/FCNL/IYMC
This photo was taken at Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)’s Midyear Meeting this spring at Bear Creek meeting, outside Earlham, Iowa. These representatives of Quaker organizations illustrate ways Friends are providing witness for environmental justice with alternatives to personal … Continue reading
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Tagged AFSC, cars, FCNL, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)
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Authorization for War
From the Facebook page of Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-CA), who was the only person to vote against the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, which granted the President the authority to use all “necessary and appropriate force” against those … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), war
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Quakers, social justice and revolution 