Looking back on decades of witnessing extreme experience, I write in order to understand.
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- Year-End Letter 2025Dear Friends, I had a small miracle occur the end of summer. I got well. After complaining to doctors about increasingly endless fatigue and shortness of breath the last few years, a new doctor found the problem. I’ve had 4 infusions of iron and am feeling very well again. I’m not 100%, but 80% is… Read more: Year-End Letter 2025
- Sugar & Snow Meditation
- 40 Years of Quaker Ministry on the Road — Why Say Yes?John Calvi’s address at the 2024 Reedwood Forum Recorded by the Reedwood Friends Church on November 20, 2024 (via Zoom)1:05:02
- Friends Journal Author Chat: John CalviQuaker author John Calvi was interviewed about his March 2024 article, Carrying Light to Need. Recorded by Friends Journal Quakers on March 8, 2024 (via Zoom)16:29 View more information from Friends Journal
- The 39th Beethoven LetterThe 39th Beethoven Letter Dear Friends, Thank you for your kind and generous support over the years. This keeps me going in all ways. Your good care via these pragmatic gifts are the bread and butter of my life and a delight to receive. Thank you for years of including me in your generosity. Writing… Read more: The 39th Beethoven Letter
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