Category Archives: Hard-Core Quaker
Sayonara to FGC and The Gathering?
From the reports I see, the pandemic was bad for most churches: attendance is off, and (more important) ka-ching in the collection plates is down. The possible exceptions are clustered among the most shamelessly antivaxx megabucks preachers. Theirs was a win-win setup: if they died, they were martyrs gone home to Jesus; if they lived, … Continue reading Sayonara to FGC and The Gathering?
U. S. Catholic defenders of Pope Francis “Mobilize” behind closed doors
Do rightwing American Catholics hate pope Francis? Is the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Jewish? On a scale of 1 to 10, would 25 be close enough? From my outside liberal Quaker perspective, Francis is not all that progressive: slow on smashing the priestly pedophile protection racket; mushy on cleaning up the sewer of financial sleaze … Continue reading U. S. Catholic defenders of Pope Francis “Mobilize” behind closed doors
Welcome to Spring; the Massacre of Mariupol; and a New Hello Kitty
“I’ve been writing about Ukraine in this space nonstop for a month. I’m exhausted by it. I suspect you are, too.” That’s not me saying that. It’s Jonathan V. Last (aka JVL). He’s a never-Trumper ex-Republican, who blogs & podcasts for The Bulwark, one of the key ex-GOP-Save-Democracy-if-we-can media shops which I follow. But in … Continue reading Welcome to Spring; the Massacre of Mariupol; and a New Hello Kitty
A Quaker Reconsiders His Peace Testimony
My fate was heavily shaped by a small card that came in the mail in late September 1965. That card, and fate, are back on my mind now, 57 years later. I was in Selma, Alabama when the card arrived, still working with the civil rights movement. A few weeks earlier the endurance, courage and … Continue reading A Quaker Reconsiders His Peace Testimony