by Minga Claggett-Borne | Aug 18, 2012 | Light In Action, Stopping Violence
The hot summer gusts bow to a rain squall. A hard rain pours into the ground and the air is sharp and ivory. A bluebird flickers among the cedar tree out my window. His eye like a wet stone, fixes on a reality I cannot know. Boston has seen humid days, but the sultry...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Aug 18, 2012 | Aymara Quakers?, Light In Action
Mabel Lourdes Mena Fonseca is a 29 year old Aymara Quaker living in El Alto, Bolivia. Mabel plays the ancient Andean flutes, las sampoñas. Like many Quakers in Bolivia she is poised to use all her talents for the good of her people. Here is her story: Do you want to...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Aug 2, 2012 | Light In Action
In July humidity hits you like a wall of heavy cream. This July floods, flash storms, and droughts abound. Heaven, please pour down on us. We live in dangerous times. In that spirit six of us arranged our lives to walk for a few hours near Franklin Park. We prayed at...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Aug 1, 2012 | Quakers in the Field
A Quaker wedding is beautiful. Usually I cry; mostly I smile. Have you been to one? I sense God crouches a bit closer to us miscreants during a wedding. Thankfully, Quakers allow space and time to hear the Lifegiver’s whispers and sometimes we glean wisdom of how to...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Jul 27, 2012 | Light In Action, Stopping Violence
Take note of these killings: 2012 The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora with 12 dead, 58 wounded, heroic moviegoers. 2011 Remember the shooting rampage in Tucson when Rep Gifford was shot and ultimately resigned from office. 2009 Remember at Fort Hood, an army psychiatrist...
