by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, Number 4, October-November-December, Soil, Volume 35
by Tom Small. Breath is what unites us. It unites us with the “other.” With all of creation. Breath is the rhythm, the flow of life itself. Call it Ch’i. Or ruah. Or spiritus. Or rta. The universal breath, life force, or rhythmic pattern of all being. When we...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Volume 35
Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, meeting as Winter Interim Business Meeting, approves adding a line item to the budget for a recurring annual donation to the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition of a minimum of...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Meetings Taking Action, Number 4, October-November-December, Volume 35
The North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends repudiates the Doctrines of Discovery: the religious basis for European colonization around the world. We acknowledge and regret Friends’ role in the ensuing genocide, land theft, and forced...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Volume 35
by Allen McGrew. Convinced Friends may wonder why they should accept responsibility for the abuses of Quaker boarding schools that received native Americans over a century ago. If so, they might also ask whether they can claim the heritage of John Woolman, George Fox,...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Population, Sustainability, Volume 35
by Susan F. Newcomer. Addressing population growth in human terms, not as the bugbear “overpopulation,” necessitates addressing sexuality and childbearing, two particularly sensitive topics. Over the years, Quakers have addressed “episodes of sexual activity” as...
