The 2026
Peaceful Lake, Powerful Mountain
Retreat for Activists
Oct. 9-11, Beecher House

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This year’s theme: The Zen of the Radical Nonviolent Jesus.

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Excerpt:

I am talking about a new way to see religion and spiritual practice. Even though we are living in a postmodern house of mirrors, spirituality is a part of the solution, not the problem.

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Fox Machine

The book “Truth of the Heart” is a great collections of the quotations of George Fox. It’s an intimate look at the founder of the Society of Friends, i.e. The Quakers, i.e. the most radical form of Christianity. Fox's words have a living home online, with a random quote generator, here at this site. Anytime you need some Fox, one can simply visit the Fox Machine. https://nonviolence.works/foxmachine