Rather than just leaving Quaker spaces, I’m led to share some reasons.
I didn’t learn much from over fifty years of trying and failing to convince Friends and others to reject the automobile culture. I don’t regret writing almost daily about that and similar things. Writing is a tool that helps me make sense of the world. I’ve never worried about anyone else seeing what I wrote.
The same is true for the past decade’s work to stop the construction of fossil fuel pipelines and related environmental and justice concerns.
I’m forced to realize writing, and public vigils aren’t enough to convince people to change. That only happens from a person’s own lived and spiritual experiences.
I am so blessed to have been led to be part of communities of people of color, Indigenous friends, and those who are building and living in Mutual Aid communities. I wish I could share what I’ve learned in all those places with my White Friends in a way that would be useful to them. I tried to do that with writing, but that wasn’t enough.
Quakers believe how we live our lives should be our example to the world. I’ve tried to be faithful in doing that.
The following is a Link Tree with links to most places where I publish things. The reason for so many is the variety of audiences/subject matter for each link. If you’re interested, I still plan to share writings and photography in most of those places.
You need to go here for the tree with the working links. https://linktr.ee/jeffkisling
Quakers and Mutual Aid 