Living on a Finite Earth

Continue to contaminate your bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. —Letter to President Pierce, attributed…

Richard Grossman

Friends and the Earth Charter

For me, September 9, 2001, was a day filled with hope and joy, in contrast to the tragic events that…

Ruah Swennerfelt

A Quaker Consultation on Economics and Ecology

Enlarging the Focus of Quaker Social Witness Quaker Eco-Witness and the Earthcare Working Group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting have jointly…

Keith Helmuth

Concerning Economic Policy and Friends Testimonies: An Open Letter

Pendle Hill Wallingford, Pa., USA Third First Day, Sixth Month, 2003 To Friends Everywhere, We greet you as 29 individuals,…

Elaine C. Emmi

Living Lightly in New Zealand

We do not own the world, and its riches are not ours to dispose of at will. Show a loving…

Viola Palmer

FCNL's "Green" Building on Capitol Hill

Buildings have a significant impact on our environment, and there are many ways to make them more environmentally friendly. Five…

Arthur Meyer Boyd

Lighting the Path of Seven Generations

But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;…

David Abazs

Crooning for the Earth in Nashville and Beyond

Joyce Johnson Rouse is not only a familiar face at Nashville (Tenn.) Meeting, she’s a familiar voice. A singer/songwriter based…

Linda Bryant

Four Directions from Manhattan

A couple of months ago while crossing 23rd Street on my way to Madison Square Park, I realized that in…

Janet Soderberg

Acknowledging the Nature of Community

Community and a strong sense of togetherness are what stand out most when I think about what it means to…

Nan Bowles

Listening to Aspen

On a recent fall trip to the Eastern Sierras, I reveled in a week of hiking among the aspen. Lining…

Kathy Barnhart

Natural Quiet at Goose Creek

Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And…

Miriam Westervelt

What is the Meaning of a Toad?

What is the meaning of a toad? In elementary school I write a one-page report on toads. I draw a…

Mac F. Given

Reflections and a Welcome

When we published Anne Barschall’s "On Marriage and Divorce—With a Proposition Bound to be Controversial" in June, we suspected it…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Face to Face in Afghanistan: Through a Woman's Eyes

The most haunting images of the war in Afghanistan for me are the dark eyes of the Afghan women, peering…

Laura Roberts

Hijacked by a Prayer

Several years ago this somewhat disorganized, go-with-the-flow, inspiration-over-discipline kind of Quaker surprised herself, and probably God: she committed to a…

Kat Griffith

Tom Louderback on Quakers and Capitalism

Capitalism is supposed to be an economic system with checks and balances, like democracy, and we…
Steven Davison on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this ministry. I share your concern. In fact, Pendle Hill just published…
Ron Braithwaite on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

At the actual sentencing, Jacob was sentenced to 30 months at the Sheridan, Oregon Federal Minimum…
Kevin Johnson on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

I would have hoped that Friends would refrain from violent protests in these difficult days. Friends…