Sep 13, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spirituality, Volume 34
by Mary Jo Klingel, Clerk. “Art thou in the Darkness? Mind it not, for if thou dost it will feed thee more. But stand still, and act not, and wait in patience, Till Light arises out of Darkness and leads thee.” – James Naylor I know that many Friends and many others...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spirituality, Volume 34
by Jennie Ratcliffe. Any and all of us who’ve held a vision of transformation grounded in what really sustains us—remembering that we don’t live by bread alone, but by the divine All That Is, that bread is sacred too, and there is no ultimate separation between...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Volume 34
by Mey Hasbrook. Stirring, sap rises into burgeoning buds whose edges unfurl, like fingers opening in friendship. Leaves reach between gaps, become mounds. Earth caresses every curve, sings across seasons: Awaken Love! Open wholly! Embrace Beauty! From slumber,...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Climate Change, July-August-September, Number 3, Timely, Volume 34
by Shelley Tanenbaum. If the catchword for 2020 was “unprecedented,” then 2021 follows as “unequivocal.” That is how the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports scientific evidence that human activities are the cause of climate change, that the...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action, July-August-September, Number 3, Renewable Energy, Volume 34
by Ralph Jacobson. The people of Red Lake Nation, in northwestern Minnesota, had been talking for over a decade about ending their dependence on electricity generated from coal. This is a story about their journey toward renewable energy. Mercury falls into the water...
