Guest Post by Johan Mauer: First Principles

In this dark troubled time, when so many humans are choosing extremism of all sorts,
and are majoring in invective, put-downs, and other forms of denigration,
here is a Friendly
voice of moderation, emphasizing
our need for principled peacemaking:

Can you believe?: First principles

by Johan Mauer

"Russian Army" store near
US embassy in Moscow,
Photo: Max Seddon

The Perseverance and Hope of "How Much is a Person Worth?" by E. A. Kersnovskaya

http://www.gulag.su/album/index.php?eng=1&page=1&list=1

How did this book come to be written and painted?

Euphrosinia Kersnovskaya, spent many years in Soviet prison camps, exiled to Siberia.

Don't miss this powerful, illustrated autobiography of one individual's experience in the Russian Gulag, her perseverance, and continual hope.

For more extensive background, read the powerful histories, Young Stalin and Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by the historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore.

And visit Quaker Johan Mauer's thoughtful, reflective blog at http://johanpdx.blogspot.com/

Live for the Light,
despite the abyss'd ocean of political and religious darkness
that George Fox wrote about,

Daniel Wilcox