by Minga Claggett-Borne | May 10, 2012 | Quakers in the Field
I spent 30 days in Kenya, mostly working with Friends groups, scrutinizing and worshiping, and singing. Part of the trip was investigating whether to do future peace work in East Africa. 20 of us Friends from New England also joined in the World Conference of Friends...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | May 10, 2012 | Quakers in the Field, Stopping Violence
When I first read about the 6th World conference of Friends in Nakuru Kenya in April 2012, I was mostly excited. My heart palpitated. Then as I heard the theme a cloud descended: Being Salt and Light. Being Salt? What does that mean? Salt wrinkles the skin and all...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | May 10, 2012 | Rolling by the River's Edge
I saw the bird in passing, as I loped across the intersection. I hopped up the curb to the sidewalk and I saw it in my mind’s eye–the head contorted, the legs splayed out, the lower beak jerked out like a huge thorn. It was a robin: it must have been a road...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Mar 21, 2012 | Light In Action
I. The West is obsessed with Islamophobia. Look at Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation, which had democratic elections in 1955, and, despite a period of dictatorship, had returned peacefully again. Are we fighting wars in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan for...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Mar 21, 2012 | Inspiration from Sages, Rolling by the River's Edge
Today the river was liquid cellophane, silver and lugubrious. Thank God I am ambulatory and up before the Harvard hordes. I had a nightmare the night before. The dream was a bad car accident where I was terribly hurt but without a drop of blood. Do you ever wonder...
