This is where the spiritual practice of conservative Quakers, seeking continuing revelation, can find Spirit-led guidance for a more just world for all. You don't need to be a Quaker to do this, of course. We need a spirit guided movement of multitudes of people.
Category: Decolonial
Decolonial Journey – Compiled
This file contains a compilation of all of the blog posts I wrote about my decolonial journey.
Decolonial Path for Quakers 7 – The Paradox
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.
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 2 – Christian colonial capitalist violence
An important step in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative)'s decolonial journey could be to bring settler-colonialism into the advices and queries. This revision should explicitly name and reject settler-colonialism as a system of violence contrary to the Spirit and should include a clear commitment to decolonial repair into the core testimonies of Peace, Equality, and Integrity. This would bring these matters to the spiritual attention of each monthly meeting in an ongoing manner, year after year. In addition, selected responses from the query responses from the monthly meetings are read during the annual yearly meeting sessions.
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.