Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Hopeful, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Volume 35, Youth & Young Friends
by Pamela Haines. A regular high point in my week is being in touch with a handful of young climate activists. Through a young man who stayed in our spare room while doing student fossil fuel divestment work and then went on to be one of the founders of the Sunrise...
Jun 10, 2021 | 2021, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Hopeful, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Timely, Volume 34
By Gayle Matson. Recently a Friend in my Quaker meeting spoke movingly of her sadness upon visiting a favorite place that had been ravaged by fire last year. Many of us can relate to that shock and dismay of discovering that a landscape or ecosystem we dearly love has...
Dec 2, 2020 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Hopeful, Number 2, Timely, Volume 33
By Shelley Tanenbaum. EVERY YEAR WE Friends ask ourselves, “How has truth fared for Thee?” It is a way of refreshing ourselves, of self-evaluating personally and in our Meetings. It gives us an opportunity to change course and to respond to emerging leadings. What if...
Nov 1, 2020 | 2020, BeFriending Creation, Hopeful, October-November-December, Spirituality, Timeless
by Noah Merrill. Editor’s Note: Noah wrote this piece in spring 2020 and his reflections speak to us still. These are the only genuine ideas; the ideas of the shipwrecked. All the rest is rhetoric, posturing, farce. —José Ortega y Gasset JUST OFF THE shore in Gibara,...
Sep 23, 2020 | Activism, Hopeful, Individuals Taking Action, Spiritual, Spirituality, Sustainability, Timeless, Uncategorized
By Ruah Swennerfelt (Updated 2021 by Hayley Hathaway). To become more active on behalf of Earth, start by making yourself aware of the issues. Learn from sources in addition to the conventional news reports. Begin examining ways you can reduce your purchases, buy...
May 1, 2020 | 2020, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Hopeful, Number 2, Spiritual, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Volume 33
By Mary Jo Klingel. I HAVE HEARD the conventional wisdom that the business community needs certainty to function, and that the stock market needs certainty to grow. When I hear that, I think, “Well, what you are really saying is that you need to know that you will...
