Tag: Social Commentary

A Call to Spiritual Discipline

Post author By John Calvi
Post date May 14, 2007

I was 16 years old when I attended meeting for worship for the first time. Also present were a woman marathon runner, several professors, an ancient colonel from World War I, and a man who spoke Navajo and his poet wife. Not all were vegetarians or tax resisters. Not all the men had been conscientious […]

Tags Published, Quaker Process, Social Commentary, Torture

The Secret of Torture

Post author By John Calvi
Post date April 14, 2005

The spiritual consequences of secrets are sudden potholes in integrity, surprises, and struggles to keep a secret hidden rather than open and exposed to wonder- wonder being the most basic posture of spiritual life. Always, certain people will choose to be with something so challenging, to wash and heal the culture and individuals. And knowing […]