Google Voice’s cavalcade of ringing phones
I once read an insightful observation about the geo-location revolution that came about with the popularlization of cell phones: In the old days of POTS (your landline, literally “plain old telephone...
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Remembering George Willoughby
There’s a nice remembrance of George Willoughby by the Brandywine Peace Community’s Bob Smith over on the War Resisters International site. George died a few days ago at the age of 95 [updated]. It’s...
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Why I’m fasting with @eqat against mountaintop mining
On March 22nd, I joined the fast against mountaintop coal mining called by the Earth Quaker Action Team. “Old Zinc Factory; Palmerton” by road_less_trvled on Flickr (creative commons license) When...
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Shitty jobs that don’t exist
I don’t think we can fully understand the appeal Trump without realizing just how shitty life has become for a lot of working class white men and their families. Stable, honest union jobs just don’t...
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This Couple Had a “Kitten Hour” at Their Wedding
This story needs no clever introduction: “We wanted our guests to have something to do as they arrived [while] we took pictures with our families, so we planned a kitten hour,” Colleen told POPSUGAR....
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Belonging and difference
Gil S on continuity and change: Many of us find difficulty in facing change. The way a meeting house is arranged and the way Quaker faith is expressed have both changed over time. There have always...
View ArticleReading the story of Solomon’s dedication of the first Temple, I’m struck…
Reading the story of Solomon’s dedication of the first Temple, I’m struck by how the powers of divine communication attributed to the Temple are ones that Christ brought within us. We don’t have to go...
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