Just read a very striking piece by E. J. Dickson in Rolling Stone. It says the “Cancel Cops Crusade,” in order to root out systemic police racism, killings & impunity, also has to take down the media images of the police. Even — especially– those of the “good cop.” Why? because the problem isn’t “bad … Continue reading Cancel Cops, Cancel ALL Cop Shows, NO Exceptions. And Cancel Quakers Too?
It didn’t look or feel like lighting the fuse to a load of dynamite. But that’s what West Richmond Friends Meeting in Indiana did in June 2008 when they added a minute to their website. They placed the post without fanfare. But the fuse, once lit, sputtered and flashed for several years, and the … Continue reading Indiana Trainwreck: Trauma in Midwestern Quakerdom
Signs of the Times: > a crowded Colorado restaurant on Mother’s’ Day. > Jam-packed taverns in Wisconsin. > Dr. Fauci sidelined in the White House, as pundits speculate on when he’ll be fired. Upshot: the lockdown season is ending, not with a bang, but a whimper— many whimpers, if anyone will still listen to those … Continue reading The Viral Turning Point, and After
In a time of all-encompassing catastrophe, bad news comes at us from all directions. But insight can come from anywhere as well. There’s much of this in an editorial in the April 17-30 issue of the liberal Catholic paper, the National Catholic Reporter, (NCR) entitled “Catholics and Trump, a reckoning.” I believe it calls for … Continue reading A Catholic Reckoning? How about an Evangelical Quaker Reckoning?
In late January, a post here described the struggle between the Evangelical Friends Church Southwest (EFCSW) and the small Friends Community Church of Midway City, in Orange County near Los Angeles. EFCSW’s Board of Elders decided to close the Midway City church, and fire its pastor, Joe Pfeiffer. The Elders acted after several homeless people … Continue reading Quaker David & Goliath, Cont.: Now David Makes his Case