Oct 8, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Number 5, Spiritual, Spirituality, Theology, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Keith Helmuth. The fate of the human now hangs on our engagement with ecological guidance; the task Thomas Berry calls “the Great Work.” The sense of guidance provided by the ecological worldview is not unlike a new revelation, perhaps even a new sense of the...
Oct 8, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, New & Exploring, Number 5, Quaker-Specific, Spiritual, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By David Jaber I was not raised Quaker, but instead came to Quakerism after having developed an environmental conscience that has very much shaped my life and how I spend my time. You might take that as one indicator of the compatibility of deep earth ethics with...
Oct 8, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Number 5, Quaker-Specific, Spirituality, Theology, Uncategorized, Volume 29, Youth & Young Friends
By Sara Wolcott. What is it that Quakerism contributes to my ecological journey? I am vexed by this question. Five years ago, when my primary sense of religious belonging was nestled deep within the Religious Society of Friends, it would have been easy for me to...
Oct 8, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Number 5, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Paul Klinkman Friends are encouraged to expand their carbon handprint. Increasing Friends’ involvement can have considerably more impact on the world’s climate than if they simply shrink their carbon footprint. I see Friends acting in four somewhat distinct...
Oct 8, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Hopeful, Number 5, Spiritual, Spirituality, Theology, Timeless, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Shelley Tanenbaum. I’m not one to believe that the universe owes me (or anyone) anything. But, after spending five nights camping in semi-remote places between Denver and San Francisco, seeing what appeared to be an infinite number of stars and the Milky Way every...
Sep 1, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Number 5, Soil, Volume 29
By Suzanne Lamborn, Little Britain Monthly Meeting, Baltimore Yearly Meeting My husband and I can trace our roots for each generation from the beginning of the colonies in agriculture. Being farmers we were aware that our nation went from over 90 percent farming to...
