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one has to take sides
sometimes, and it’s always right
to side with the hurt
the poor, the widow,
the orphan, the captives and
the huddled masses
always
new allegory
of the peaceable kingdom:
hawks lie down with doves
A poem of peace in a time of pandemic.
Review of a 2014 collection of articles drawn from the journal Quaker Higher Education, edited by Donn Weinholtz, Jeffrey Dudiak, and Donald A. Smith.
Friends (of the non-pastoral sort, at least) do not have a hierarchy. No chain of command. No higher-ups. No in-group. No pyramid of authority. No ultimate decision-maker, where the buck always stops. Nobody on the bottom, who must keep his/her head down and mouth shut for fear of retaliation. Nobody who is powerless. Nobody more powerful than whomever fills the temporary and limited ro
Here is a picture for you to add to and color.
Dear Friends: Stand up straight. Those words can sound scolding – or they can sound encouraging. Deciding whether or not to obey directions, we consider the source. We consider whether we think that source cares about our best interests.
The image of the cowboy was created in Western movies and novels as a hard living, hard drinking gambler who is quick with a gun and lonely for women. Quakers are also viewed in popular culture through erroneous stereotypes, and are believed to be extinct, except for their image on the Quaker Oats box.
