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Recently a painting in the Dixon exhibit Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights made me be still and absorb more fully the complexity of truth. It was Horace Pippin’s Holy Mountain I painting (shown above). In the explanatory note next to the painting, the curator Dr.
During the September meeting for learning on simplicity, Mark shared his meditations on simplicity of possessions, simplicity in relationship with others, and simplicity in relationship to Spirit. Friends shared their responses and thoughts. One Friend read this passage from SAYMA's Faith and Practice:
On November 22, near the anniversary of Glenn's passing, his good friends Laura and Rodney clerked a Meeting for Learning on the testimony of simplicity, a testimony that was always close to Glenn's heart. Laura began by sharing an excerpt from the wikipedia page on the testimony: "The word testimony describes the way that Friends testify or bear witness to their beliefs in their everyday life.
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