I’m lucky enough to live just a few blocks from Pauli Murray’s modest childhood home, which is now a National Historic site. Pauli Murray was distinguished in so many ways that it’s difficult for any concise document to do her justice. Here are a few important items the ACLU letter below left out: > Murray … Continue reading Pauli Murray! Pauli Murray!
Excerpts from “How the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a Putin enabler, spins the war.” by CATHY YOUNG, at the Bulwark, MARCH 9, 2022 Blaming the Ukraine Invasion on … the Gays? In the past ten days, plenty of rational-izations have been offered for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine—everything from “Russia needs a buffer … Continue reading Cursing the Rainbow: Russian Orthodox Head Patriarch Names Gays as Cause of Ukraine War
Someday, I’m thinking, there will be a historic marker on (or near) the campus of Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. And if I last long enough to see it go up, I gotta take a selfie standing next to it. And if I’m really lucky, maybe Caitlyn Fox will take one with me. I’ll get … Continue reading Well, FU to Friends University: you Flunked the Freedom of Expression Exam Big Time.
To everything there is a season . . . and in the small field of Quaker publishing, this seems to be the season for books to help Friends, and friends of Friends, get through hard times. I won’t rehash the reasons for this spurt; they’re as near as the morning’s headlines. It will suffice to … Continue reading Pride: Learning to Endure with Bill Kreidler & “Tending The Fire”
Two new videos are on my mind as this week opens: The first was made last week, when three of us opened the door to what hopefully will become a much broader set of conversations about recent Quaker history, conflicts, and current issues. We gathered for the Earlham School of Religion’s Authors discussion of our … Continue reading Two Videos: “The Separation Generation” & My Odyssey in Brief