Quakers aren't exempt from doing harm. But we have the spiritual tools to guide us toward a better world for all. That's why this decolonial journey is so important.
Category: Decolonial Journey
Decolonial Path for Quakers 6 – Spirit and Testimonies
The deeper question was what was I willing to risk for my faith and principles? Confrontations with the state have been common throughout Quaker history, particularly in terms of war and peace.
Decolonial Path for Quakers 5 – Don’t be a colonizer
But the greatest argument for decolonization is the horrible shape we and Mother Earth are in after more than five hundred years of living this way in this country.
Decolonial Path for Quakers 4 – History of queries
2/04/1910 Watering plants, sowing pansy seed, wheeling out manure to the gooseberries, helping Charlie making out answers to the queries for Monthly Meeting tomorrow. Henry Standing
Decolonial Path for Quakers 3 – Radical spiritual authority
Key to the consideration of the use of advices and queries is the fundamental belief of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends that the Spirit is present today, as it has always been and will be. The advices and queries serve to "engage our minds and hearts in a process which may provide openings to the leadings of the Spirit within us". Our form of worship, expectantly waiting together in silence is how we listen for the Spirit.
Decolonial Path for Quakers 1 – Quaker testimonies
This blog was created to help me better understand the colonialism of this country, and share what I'm learning. I've been led to believe Quakers have a deep spiritual obligation and need to confront the historic and ongoing injustices of the Christian colonial capitalist violence of this country, as my Native friends refer to it.
Decolonial Journey 18 – Settler Futurity
This post demonstrates how I used Guided Learning to teach me about the concept of settler futurity.
Decolonial Journey 17 – This is the question
I believe we must stop our complacency and complicity in accepting the ongoing injustices of colonization.
Decolonial Journey 16 – The Notebook
I'm sharing my NotebookLM notebook, A Praxis for a New World: Mutual Aid, LANDBACK, and Abolition with you. The link will work even as I expand the notebook in the future.
Decolonial Journey 15 – Incommensurability and Quaker Conscience
For any settler institution, a decolonial path requires moving beyond reconciliation to repentance and restitution. It means embracing the incommensurable demands of LANDBACK, Mutual Aid, and Abolition. This is not a rejection of values like peace and justice, but their most rigorous and honest application-an act of faith in a more just world yet to be built.