Thu - July 12, 2007

In Memoriam: Paul Weeks


Mourning the sudden loss of my uncle, Paul Weeks.

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Thu - April 5, 2007

Work, Grace, and the potential for release through forgiveness


I wrote this in response to a post by a friend of mine who is involved in the community forums on violence steering committee with me. I had posted to the group my entry for last Sunday's vocal ministry, and she asked me for the Quaker take on forgiveness. This was my reply.

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Sun - April 1, 2007

Notes on a community forum on violence in the county jail


Some personal responses to the experience of a community forum on violence held in the county jail. To protect privacy I have changed some names to initials

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Sun - March 25, 2007

We are not forsaken


I know. It's been a long time since I've written here. Life has been pretty intense, and a lot of the things that have happened I can't write publicly about. Anyway, I wrote this to day in an e-mail to friends. It's about a vocal ministry that came to me today in Quaker Meeting.

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Fri - December 22, 2006

Symptoms of Inner Peace // Joy to the World


Procrastinating today by googling myself and came across some new results from stuff I posted to a fibromyalgia listserv back in the pre-google, pre-graphic interface version of the net, the contents of which Google has apparently bought (along with other old listservs).

Among the postings that came up was this 1994 post of mine. I decided it was worth sharing anew. I don’t know the original author as it was passed on to me by someone else. I posted it as an antidote to postings about the symptoms of depression, which were all too familiar to that group. I think I want to make a poster out of this!

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Sat - April 15, 2006

Easter message


Spoke these words, or something similar, in Quaker Meeting today.

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Mon - October 10, 2005

Going to the mountain...


This post was inspired by a discussion about athesim/theism and feminist spirituality that has been taking place in the last few days on the Women's Studies Listserv. Originally I intended to post it to the list, but it really doesn't fit with the WMST-L focus, so I have posted it here instead.

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Wed - October 5, 2005

The Endless Autumn


Still enjoying this incredible, seemingly endless, lovely, wonderful Autumn.

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Tue - October 4, 2005

A ride, some geese, and a prayer: life goes on


Possible miracle at the Waterworks pond.

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Mon - September 12, 2005

Quaker Response to Katrina


Sections of a letter sent to Quakers who are part of the New York Yearly Meeting to explain what Quakers are doing (and what they need) in response to the catastrophic conditions created by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. My own preference is to donate to the American Friends Service Committee's crisis relief fund. This is because, as stated below, "AFSC intends to focus on vulnerable populations the poor and immigrant communities who have borne the brunt of the hurricane's wrath. It will seek to assist communities that are being underserved and ... address the larger systemic issues that contributed to this tragedy." The problem with the Red Cross is that it never addresses the systemic conditions that cause the most vulnerable of our society to suffer the most in disasters like these.

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Fri - March 25, 2005

There is Love, All Around


This is another "catch-up" entry. I wrote this in January, but my iBlog software wasn't working then. So I post it today.

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Tue - April 27, 2004

Rochester Friends Meeting Endorses "Equal Marriage" Statement


The Rochester Friends Meeting has passed a Minute endorsing the statement put forward by The Rochester Religious Coalition for Equal Marriage. Text of the statement included here, as well as a little commentary by me.

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Sun - February 22, 2004

A Quaker for 35 years -- the beginning (first entry)


How I became a Quaker.

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