Another car windshield with white bullet holes. Another place ICE agents have sold their souls. Now circling around, to protect the new shooters Or maybe to transfer & make them recruiters. There are lies, damn lies, and how ICE/DHS rolls. Say His Name: Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 25
For the Fourth of July, U.S. born Pope Leo left the Vatican early to make a short flight to the island of Lampedusa. Lampedusa is an 8-square mile windblown rock, about 110 miles south of Sicily, and 60 miles north of the Tunisian coast. Its population of 6000 depend on fishing, olives and tourism. … Continue reading Postcards from Lampedusa With Leo — July 4 2026
After sixty years among Quakers, I’ve developed a few seat-of-the-pants markers for evaluating yearly meetings (or YMs) annual sessions. These events are busy. Days are filled with committee meetings, workshops, fund appeals from service groups, wordsmithing save-the-world minutes to be sent to (& ignored by) the powerful, and in between, endless chatter. My Evaluation Form, … Continue reading How to Grow a Quaker Yearly Meeting: A Piedmont Case Study
Here’s a Quaker story for Juneteenth. When I wrote it, I had read John Woolman’s famous Journal (it’s online here, free, and if thee claims to be a Quaker, or even Quaker curious, Friend, thee should read it too. Here’s also a historian’s sketch of Woolman.). Like so many, I admired the book, and the … Continue reading A Quaker Story for Black History Month: John Woolman & the Slave Girl
The Defense Department dropped a big shoe yesterday (June 4): it released a revised list of “faith groups” (aka religions) that will continue to be recognized by the military. And the “good news” is, ” Quakers are on it. (There’s “bad” Quaker news on it too; we’ll get to that shortly.) This paperwork “shoe” is … Continue reading Jesus Loves (Quakers), This I Know — Because “Pope” Pete Hegseth Told Me So