Jul 7, 2017 | Action-Oriented, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Number 4, Quaker-Specific, Spiritual, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Honor Woodrow. I AM WRITING TO SHARE a reflection on my experience of the recent Climate Pilgrimage, where Friends from New England and fellow travelers spent six days walking the 60 miles from the Schiller Station (which burns both coal and wood) in Portsmouth,...
May 7, 2017 | BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Elizabeth Boardman. PERHAPS, IF WE HAD ASKED THEM, our grandchildren could have told us before we came here to Friends House what benefits we would accrue by moving out of the big family home to a small apartment. And now we could tell them the advantages of a...
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...
