by Publications Committee | Mar 7, 2017 | Activism, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action, New & Exploring, Number 1, Timeless, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Tom Small. “THERE’S A CALL, from both within and beyond FCUN, for a more radical witness.” That’s the first sentence of an article I wrote twenty years ago for BeFriending Creation. What was true for the Friends Committee on Unity with Nature in 1996 holds true...
by Publications Committee | Mar 7, 2017 | Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Janet Soderberg. Divine Creator, Spirit in All Things, Your kingdom is Here, and Now. Your creativity is manifest everywhere I look on this heavenly Earth. Nourish us Body and Soul in this earthly Paradise. Forgive us for not noticing, for overlooking, the tiny,...
by Publications Committee | Mar 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mary Jo Klingel ON THE DAY that my new meeting found out that I am a member of Quaker Earthcare Witness, one of the men from the meeting approached me to talk. He asked about QEW. Soon he began to speak about his own feelings and his fears for his three young children...
by Publications Committee | Mar 7, 2017 | Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
“I didn’t set out to make a film,” says Andy Burt, the creator and director of the new documentary film, Down to Earth: Climate Justice Stories. “I set out to go collect stories. It was young friends who said ‘you should do a video.’ So that’s why you have this...
by Publications Committee | Mar 7, 2017 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Divestment, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Jeff Kisling. IN INDIANAPOLIS we have been working on defunding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) for several months. On November 15, 2016, a crowd of about 200 of us alongside Native Americans in traditional dress marched through downtown Indianapolis with our...
