Feb 1, 2020 | 2020, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, January-February-March, Number 1, Spirituality, Volume 33
By Ruah Swennerfelt. MANY, MANY YEARS ago, after having a deep-felt conversation with my father, who wanted to blindly trust his government, I gave him Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner. I chose that book because Dad lived in Southern California, a desert turned into a...
Feb 1, 2020 | 2020, BeFriending Creation, January-February-March, Number 1, Spiritual, Spirituality, Theology, Volume 33, Youth & Young Friends
Compiled by Beverly G. Ward. “A touchstone transcends any one religion, thought, or spiritual tradition and serves as a guide. These touchstones provide examples of specific prayers, passages or scripture, or inspirations from various sacred texts or philosophical...
Nov 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Spiritual, Spirituality, Sustainability, Theology, Uncategorized, Volume 32
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Nov 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Spirituality, Theology, Volume 32
By Marcelle Martin THE FIRST TREE that beckoned me silently, long ago, was a sapling on the far side of a lawn. When I investigated, I discovered it was being strangled by an orange plastic band encircling its trunk. After the sapling had been purchased from a...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spiritual, Spirituality, Theology, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Mey Hasbrook. THIS SUMMER at the Friends General Conference Gathering’s Earthcare Center, I spoke on “Transformative Earthcare: 18th-century Benjamin Lay for Today.” I shared how this third-generation Quaker lived a radical life at the intersections of concerns...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Sara Jolena Wolcott. “What do you envision for the future?” Joanna Macy—Buddhist eco-philosopher, scholar of deep ecology and systems theory—asked me last night, over a dinner of orange yams and tofu and lemon broccoli. Every time I visit her in her Berkeley home,...
