Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spirituality
by Bill Cahalan. Bill Cahalan is an eco-psychologist. His booklet, Awakening to Earth, is currently being updated by Quaker Earthcare Witness and will be available to share and download. This meditation is an excerpt. Bill writes, “Here is one version of a guided...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, July-August-September, Number 3
by George Lakey. Judging from news accounts of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, we can expect a fresh dose of anxiety about the future to show up among Friends, even while some of us are reeling from the effects of Covid-19. The...
Aug 4, 2020 | 2020, Action-Oriented, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, July-August-September, Number 3, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 33
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Aug 1, 2020 | 2020, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Uncategorized, United Nations, Volume 33
An Interview with Beverly G. Ward. “IT’S LIKE PEELING an onion: layer after layer of pandemics and it all makes you cry,” shares Beverly Ward. She’s referencing the built-in injustice of her home state of Florida, where she works as Field Secretary for Earthcare for...
Aug 1, 2020 | 2020, Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Quaker-Specific, Soil, Volume 33
By Keith Runyan and Rebekah Percy. WHEN the shelter-in-place order took effect throughout California earlier this year, a small group of Young Adult Friends from Pacific Yearly Meeting organized a mutual aid project with the goals of sharing resources and creating...
Aug 1, 2020 | 2020, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Soil, Volume 33
By Pamela Haines Leaning into the plow— an enduring symbol of virtuous work Pioneers breaking virgin ground, bent on mastering the prairie whatever the cost. The harder the work the more noble the cause. And subdue the prairie they did— along with all...
