Friends and Toxic Conformity
Dear Friends: We gaped as almost 100 congressmen, state attorneys general, and governors signed an amicus brief to a futile lawsuit in Texas, attempting to monkey wrench the recent presidential election.
Dear Friends: We gaped as almost 100 congressmen, state attorneys general, and governors signed an amicus brief to a futile lawsuit in Texas, attempting to monkey wrench the recent presidential election.
Full text of a Letter to the Editor, published in part in the January/February 2021 issue of Western Friend magazine.
Blog post about conversations with pro-gun family and friends.
Excerpts from an online conversation among Friends on March 9, 2016, concerning the role of deep listening (and the effects of not listening) during Quaker Meeting for Business.
Perhaps you know the joke, “What do you get when you cross a Jehovah’s Witness with a Quaker? Someone who knocks on your door and then refuses to speak to you.” At the same time that we want to create the Peaceable Kingdom, we’re a bit hesitant about making too big a deal about the event, figuring others need to find their own way to it, without us being too pushy.