In 1969 while in graduate school (the first time), I recognized a line in my life and life space.  On one side of the line was the pacifist work I had participated in while in college – and the ever-present Viet Nam War.  On the other side of the line was me comfortably in graduate… Continue reading

Today’s message from the Daily Quaker (dailyquaker.com) – Be a prophet of joy appears below. I might substitute the word LOVE. For joy is easily thought of us as an emotion, and so to can be love. But many of us know that we Quakers, like many others, know that the word love is a… Continue reading

This little light of mine is a line from a song well-known to many Quakers and followers of other worship practices.  I find no evidence of who wrote it or from what tradition it emerged.  The message: The light is the gift each of us receives from creation – and the song exhorts listeners to… Continue reading

The Judeo-Christian texts are filled with instructions to care for the neighbor and the stranger.  Jesus, the healer and teacher did just so.  He was pan-tribal, and perhaps one could equally write he was anti-tribal.  His teachings and behavior were about illuminating that bit of God in everyone, and illuminating that a better life, based… Continue reading

In John 11 (read here) we read of Jesus speaking of walking in the light and attending to friendship, promoting the Light and to demonstrating the healing gifts of Love. Aspects of the story are very hard for most of us, perhaps nearly all of us, to believe – what?  A person raised from the… Continue reading

Have you ever considered that what you care about dramatically effects what you see and experience?  I have a relative I would like to have a better relationship with.  We are distant, both a bit geographically, and certainly in time spent together when one or the other of us is not rushing on to the… Continue reading

Many words and positions flow from the District of Columbia on the Potomac River.  They are worthy of perspective-taking consideration.  If you are uncertain of what conversations, consider those that emanate from or near rooms in a white house that have been recently adorned with gold – yes – gold. These conversations are heard by… Continue reading

Jesus of Nazareth is many things to many people.  For each human being encountering this historical presence, Jesus is a figure with a very clear message. An encounter with Jesus created at the least a highly memorable, and in many cases teachable and life-changing experience, and he is a clear influence on the arc of… Continue reading

How do I strive to maintain the integrity of my inner and outer lives – in my spiritual journey, my work, and my family responsibilities? Intermountain Yearly Meeting – Faith and Practice – Integrity – Query 3 We are human.  To be human is to have faults.  To be faithful and loving is to exercise… Continue reading

John 2:1-10 This is the story of Jesus turning water into wine.  On the physical plane of apprehension, it is hard to grasp.  How could anyone do that?  But of course, Jesus was not just anyone. On the plane of the sacred, the edge of our world of comprehension stretching into the beyond, stories of… Continue reading