Lifestyles

Water and Life

I’ve been thinking lately of water as the bloodstream of our planet. The metaphor doesn’t work perfectly, but the flow…

Contemplating the Nativity

It is December, and we are coming to the end of a long season of commercial clamor. I am old…

Friends Testimonies and Ecological Understanding

The Religious Society of Friends introduced into the Christian tradition a change in consciousness about spiritual life that has had…

Sustainability for the Rest of Us

As I commit increasingly to obedience to God, I have become more confused about my place in the movement towards…

Quaker Identity Crisis

As a child I was a constant attendee at annual Gatherings of Friends General Conference. I *have many fond memories…

En mi barrio: A young Friend’s Neighborhood

Like the prince in an elaborate ballet he spins deftly and, with a practiced thrust, knocks his opponent’s épée to…

”The ‘Peace for Earth’ Walk

After considerable prayer and discernment we, Ruah Swennerfelt and Louis Cox, are about to embark on a spiritual journey that…

A Spiritual Journey

The term "Earthcare" gained general acceptance beginning in the late 1980s to distinguish Spirit-led concern for living in right relationship…

The Iraq War and its Implications for Quakers

Every day, the war in Iraq gets more deadly and less defensible. Regardless of what the U.S. government says, the…

Questions for Quakers about Cars

On a cold, rainy day in Maine around Thanksgiving 2005, I got rid of my car. Bright yellow maple leaves…

Cultivating Right Relationship with Our Food

John Woolman urged Friends to consider whether their lifestyles might be nourishing the seeds of violence. Heeding this caution, we…

Threshold Theology: An opportunity to Redefine Progress and the Good Life

My favorite winter hike takes me up a sunny ridge to Juan Tabo Peak in the Sandia Mountains that fringe…
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