by Minga Claggett-Borne | Jun 4, 2020 | Light In Action, Rolling by the River's Edge
THIS MAY I LOOKED FORWARD TO A SPECTACULAR MIGRATION in the midst of Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, and Medford (MA). With species in rapid extinction, I had given up on this migration, much as the grey whales disappeared from migrating the 2,000 miles up the Atlantic...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | May 19, 2020 | Light In Action, Rolling by the River's Edge
As summer’s soft breath greets wisteria and peach trees, stores are closed and schools have barricaded doors. In Massachusetts, the plague still hovers close. COVID asks humans to shut bodies inside, not to shut off attention. Fear is on steroids but hiding helps...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Apr 28, 2020 | Light In Action, Quakers in the Field
Well you see, my work is more than my job. I get paid as a psychotherapist reducing aggression, and building compassion. My work is the practice of peace. Quakers can be passive peace-lovers. I wrinkle my nose because many Quakers remain quiet around violence,...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Apr 20, 2020 | Light In Action
Pestilence and fear reverberate around us like a scary Hitchcock movie. There is evil in 2020 and compounded by a whopper worldwide virus. But that’s not the main event. Not at all. For thousands of generations, over hundreds of centuries, a great tapestry is being...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Apr 13, 2020 | Light In Action, Quakers in the Field
Acting in Love during Times of Fire My stomach dropped down to my knees. Holy cow! I shivered on the tracks as the train curled around the bend. It was 9 pm, Dec 16th, dark and cold. I was in the presence of something awesome like the shepherds on Christmas night who...
