“There’s nothing more radically activist than a truly spiritual life. And there’s nothing more truly spiritual than a radically activist life.” Brian McLaren, Naked Spirituality At the dawn of a new day, I listen to hear what I will write. I did not expect to be writing about accomplices today. But as I prayed about the … Continue reading Foundational stories: Finding accomplices
This is the continuation of a series of posts about the evolution of my foundational stories, which are related to the intersection between my Quaker faith, protecting Mother Earth, and photography. Up to this point the stories have been from my life in Indianapolis, and about protecting the water and Mother Earth from the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines, and all … Continue reading Foundational stories: Transitions
[Note: This is a continuation of a series of posts about the evolution of my foundational stories, which are related to the intersection between my Quaker faith, protecting Mother Earth, and photography. As is often the case, it is taking me much longer than expected to tell my foundational stories (See: https://quakersandreligioussocialism.com/?s=foundational). Dramatic changes in the world have me re-evaluating … Continue reading Foundational stories: Videos
[Note: This is a continuation of a series of posts about the evolution of my foundational stories, which are related to the intersection between my Quaker faith, protecting Mother Earth, and photography. The following occurred when I was living in Indianapolis.] The previous post described how those of us trained to bring attention to the Keystone XL pipeline connected … Continue reading Foundational Stories: DAPL beginnings
The Keystone pipeline resistance ended with President Obama’s denial of the pipeline’s permit. But then we began to hear about the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). In one of the most transparent, egregious examples of environmental racism, the route of the pipeline was changed when people in Bismarck, North Dakota, objected to the … Continue reading Foundational stories: Spiritual Warriors
I feel awkward when writing stories of my life because I was raised to believe we should not call attention to ourselves. I’m feeling this now as I continue to write my foundational stories. A friend of mine expresses this awkwardness by saying, “anyways, brag, brag, blah, blah”. But we both tell our stories to … Continue reading My foundational stories: Humility
This is a continuation of a series of posts about the evolution of my foundational stories, which are related to the intersection between my Quaker faith, protecting Mother Earth, and photography. Much of my justice work for the past twenty years has been and continues to be related to pipelines because they are the critical infrastructure needed to transport … Continue reading My foundational stories: Keystone Pledge of Resistance
This is a continuation of a series of posts about the evolution of my foundational stories, which are related to the intersection between my Quaker faith, protecting Mother Earth, and photography. The dates in the title are approximations of this time when many things seem to have reached a plateau. I moved from one rented apartment to another, all in … Continue reading My foundational stories: 1980’s to 2000’s
My previous post was a description of the beginnings of my foundational stories, which related to the intersection between my Quaker faith, protecting Mother Earth, and photography. The intention of this series of articles is to show how these foundational stories changed over time. The beginnings of the stories were about my struggles and eventual … Continue reading My foundational stories: 1970’s
Recently I heard a Quaker friend speak about returning to the beginning of a foundational story in our lives. And then think about how that story changed as we grew older. And how we view it today. That was amazing because I had begun to do just that before she spoke. My foundational story is … Continue reading Our foundational stories: Beginning
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