I give a lot of weight to voices like that of Charles Blow. So I am taking seriously what he wrote in today’s NYTimes: “I say that we need to reconsider public monuments in public spaces. No person’s honorifics can erase the horror he or she has inflicted on others. Slave owners should not be … Continue reading Blow All the Slaveowning Men Down?
So I’ve been doing this gluten-free thing for some years, and overall it’s been fine. But there’s one staple of the old stuff that I missed, sorely, namely: toast. Most GF “bread” sorta worked, except not really. the texture was too different, the slices were small, etc. Oh well. But then, when I moved to the garden … Continue reading A Slice of Pandemic Life: Making it into the GF Upper Crust
So– the City of Charleston South Carolina wasted no time. After the City Council voted unanimously on June 23, 2020 to take down its landmark monument to John C. Calhoun, a crew swung into action, starting at near midnight. It was no small task to pluck the figure from its 100-foot pedestal. It took the … Continue reading Quaker Statues Have to Go? That’s What George Fox Said . . .
Two excellent articles on May 12, arguing almost exactly opposite cases, and both (to me) almost equally persuasive. First, the Optimist: Greg Sargent in the Washington Post: “Trump is badly botching the virus. New polls show Americans know it: In what should be seen as a rebuke of President Trump, Anthony S. Fauci will tell … Continue reading Point/Counterpoint: The Country Is Holding Together/ Oh, No It Isn’t
Quaker Theology has published an occasional series of what we call “Narrative Theologies” essays: personal accounts of Friends’ religious pilgrimages, into (and sometimes, out of) the Society of Friends. These reflect, but are not tied to theological currents which regard, for instance, the Bible as a collection of stories rather than any kind of formal … Continue reading The Church, The Draft-Board & Me – Narrative Theology by George Amoss Jr.