Nov 19, 2021 | 2021, Activism, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Volume 34
by Hayley Connors-Keith. Content warning: police violence and sexual abuse On August 21, my partner and I went to the Fairy Creek Watershed on Vancouver Island in British Columbia to support the land defenders on the frontlines and protect the last 2% of old-growth...
Nov 19, 2021 | 2021, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Volume 34
A series of exhibitions of textile art was on display in a variety of venues in and around Glasgow during COP26, including at the city’s Quaker meetinghouse. Made by people and communities in many parts of the world, the Loving Earth Project depicts places, people,...
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,...
Jun 10, 2021 | 2021, April-May-June, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Volume 34
By Allen McGrew Keen-eyed at dusk, the owl o’er the prairie glides as though on the wings of prayer, and the prayer she prays is a prayer for prey. And the prey? Furtively, he through the tall grass slides like the rustling wind of the breath of God, and he, too,...
Jun 10, 2021 | 2021, April-May-June, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Volume 34
By John Heimburg You know him…. but not really. The one who never knew Unconditional Love. For whom the siren song of Transactionality calls………… a never-ending Quest for Acceptance Approval Adoration. Fame Has heightened...
Nov 1, 2020 | 2020, African Diaspora, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Racial Justice, Spiritual, Volume 33
Damita Hicks is a Bahai artist living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her paintings center on Mama A’free’ca, Nature, and racial unity. Kirsten Bohl of Durham (NC) Friends Meeting speaks with Damita here. How did you get started with painting? I’ve been painting...
