Not to ban the slogan. But to close it like a book, and put it on the shelf with others that have been read, which delivered value, and have become part of a reference collection. In the almost sixty years since I was drawn into racial justice work, many such slogans have come and gone: … Continue reading To Promote Racial Justice, It’s Time to Move On from “Anti-Racism”
I’ve said that when I was Director of Quaker House (2001-2012) I had the best Quaker job there is. But I didn’t always feel that way. In fact, my initial stance was emphatically the opposite. Now that the job is open again, it’s worth describing how and why that changed for me. This is a … Continue reading Quaker House, 9-11 and Me: Arguing With God
Help Us Fill The Best Quaker Job There Is Are you worrying this week about Russia invading Ukraine and starting a European/NATO war? What about China vs. Taiwan (& the U. S.)? And/or the Uighurs? Then there’s the rise of authoritarianism in country after country that used to be at least sort of democratic? (Like … Continue reading Now — A Great Quaker Job Is Open
Blogging about the divisive agony which is overwhelming Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting & Association (SAYMA — described here) was not on my agenda when we planned the Zoom session set for tomorrow, November 11, at 4 PM. (Register at this link: bit.ly/3k6eDBZ ) But stuff happens. Even in theology. And that post usefully (if … Continue reading The Separation Generation: A Continuing Challenge
It was their own Clerk who said it, in a letter opening the October 16 2021 Zoom Representative Meeting, or RM: “SAYMA must arise from its spiritual deathbed of debilitating fragmentation or give up the ghost.” The signs were all around. One of the most significant, to me, was in a seemingly noncontentious committee report: … Continue reading SAYMA: The Deathwatch Begins