Sep 13, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spirituality, Volume 34
by Mary Jo Klingel, Clerk. “Art thou in the Darkness? Mind it not, for if thou dost it will feed thee more. But stand still, and act not, and wait in patience, Till Light arises out of Darkness and leads thee.” – James Naylor I know that many Friends and many others...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spirituality, Volume 34
by Jennie Ratcliffe. Any and all of us who’ve held a vision of transformation grounded in what really sustains us—remembering that we don’t live by bread alone, but by the divine All That Is, that bread is sacred too, and there is no ultimate separation between...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Volume 34
by Mey Hasbrook. Stirring, sap rises into burgeoning buds whose edges unfurl, like fingers opening in friendship. Leaves reach between gaps, become mounds. Earth caresses every curve, sings across seasons: Awaken Love! Open wholly! Embrace Beauty! From slumber,...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Climate Change, July-August-September, Number 3, Timely, Volume 34
by Shelley Tanenbaum. If the catchword for 2020 was “unprecedented,” then 2021 follows as “unequivocal.” That is how the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports scientific evidence that human activities are the cause of climate change, that the...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action, July-August-September, Number 3, Renewable Energy, Volume 34
by Ralph Jacobson. The people of Red Lake Nation, in northwestern Minnesota, had been talking for over a decade about ending their dependence on electricity generated from coal. This is a story about their journey toward renewable energy. Mercury falls into the water...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Volume 34
At Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s annual sessions this July, Friends came under the weight of the climate emergency as a yearly meeting priority and accepted and approved the Climate Sprint Report, “Moving Together in the Face of Climate Change,” excerpted below.
To...
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 27, 2021 | Activism, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action
Quakers are coming together to support the growing Indigenous-led movement in northern Minnesota to resist the construction of the Line 3 pipeline. Several Friends participated in non-violent civil disobedience over this past Minnesota winter, several more took part...
Aug 6, 2021 | Activism, Indigenous Peoples, Timely, Water
“People are giving everything they have to defend this beautiful place and to stand up for future generations. Young people are stepping up to the plate, their future is on the line. This is an extension of the fight that is happening all over Mother Earth, protecting...
