by Minga Claggett-Borne | Sep 24, 2012 | Light In Action, Stopping Violence
Kim Odom is a friend who lost her 13-year-old son because of a drive by killing. She speaks openly about the pain and need for forgiveness in order to help others. She, and a group called Mothers for Justice and Equality are looking at how do you offer curricula to...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Sep 21, 2012 | Light In Action
There’s 3 types of forgiving. The first type comes like a sharp pebble in your shoe. Usually I wiggle it around a bit, I tap my shoe trying to shift the stone so I doesn’t poke me. This pebble is when I’ve said something unkind, or maybe when I’ve ignored someone who...
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...
