Friends–
This is a guest post, from our Friend John Calvi. John, for those who don’t know, is a Quaker massage therapist and healer who lives in Vermont. John has many interests and concerns, but here he speaks about his journey with and through the AIDS crisis, on the occasion of World AIDS Day.
Friends–
In the NY Times today there is a pair of OpEd pieces occasioned by the 150th anniversary of the execution of John Brown, in Charles Town WV, which is today.
These short essays offer much food for thought by Friends on the subject of war.
One article, by David Reynolds, praises Brown, whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry was meant to spark a southern slave revolt, as a national hero of freedom.
OMG — The first congressional press conference challenging the Af-pak escalation was today, and the only Republican there was Rep. Walter Jones, a conservative Catholic who represents Camp Lejeune, the Marine base from which a big chunk of the new troops will come.
Continue reading Carolina Shocker: A Republican Congressman Questions the Af-Pak Escalation . . .
On First Day, 11th Month 29 (Sunday November 29 in worldspeak), I had the pleasure of attending meeting at Hopewell-Centre Meeting, at the Hopewell Meetinghouse north of Winchester Virginia.
I’m pleased to announce that the brand-new Issue #16 of the journal “Quaker Theology” is now published, in both print and online editions.
The online edition (read it for free) is at quaker.org/quest.
Among the highlights of this issue are: