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...
Feb 1, 2020 | Action-Oriented, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Number 1, Uncategorized, Volume 33, Youth & Young Friends
By Hayley Hathaway. GEORGE LAKEY, lifelong civil rights activist, and Friend, hosted “Young and Old for Climate Justice: A Dialog” at Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, CA this January. Forty Friends, ages ranging from 15 to 80, joined the weekend-long retreat in the...
Jan 1, 2020 | Pamphlets for Sharing, Soil
Share this Article This article is part of our Pamphlet for Sharing Series Download PDF By Tom Small It begins with the land. And the land begins from the soil. Soil that lives. The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the...
Dec 22, 2019 | 2020, BeFriending Creation, January-February-March, Population
Friends have long been concerned about how we live on our Earth and how we can best support a good life for everyone and all species. Sustainability requires that we use Earth’s resources at a level that provides a reasonable life for all now and maintains the...
Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Number 4, October-November-December, Soil, Volume 32
By Sayrah Namaste “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves,” Gandhi said. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has been addressing the impacts of climate change through programs in New Mexico, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and...
Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Volume 32
By Pamela Haines. I’VE LOVED THIS bit of land for over fifty years. Coming up over the hill, my heart always opens anew to the jewel of a valley spread out below, part of the rolling farmland and woodlots of central New York state. My father bought an old farm here in...
Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Permaculture, Soil, Volume 32
By Tom Small. NAPANOH PEMECWAN—Menominee for “flows repeatedly.” In nature, there is no foreground or background, no hierarchy, only relations, patterns of change and repetition. Train yourself to see the repeated patterns, to understand, feel, and identify with the...
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...
Aug 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Mini-Grants, Number 3, Soil, Uncategorized, Volume 32
Fayetteville Arkansas Quakers Create Native Plant Garden for Ozark Natural Science Center By Eric Fuselier. The Fayetteville Monthly Meeting recently planted a native plant garden at the Ozark Natural Science Center (ONSC) located south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas....
