Nature

Making Peace with Mother Earth

She has sheltered us all our lives. She is the source of our sustenance. She is steadfast and unwavering though…

Zeri: A Philosophy and Methodology to Reinvent the World

Many Friends have become increasingly concerned that our current economic system is not sustainable. Clearly, a perpetual growth economy is…

Mushrooms and Poems

I don’t know if it was because the season had been unusually wet, or if it was just the time…

On Falling in Love with a Weed at Pendle Hill: A Letter to My Wife, Kathleen

Dear One, Today a flower caught my eye—a little yellow flower that grows everywhere here at Pendle Hill in the…

Noah’s Problem

It rained last winter. A lot. It rained for 35 straight days. Then there was a sunny day. Then it…

Friends’ Witness on Population and Overconsumption

Many Friends today are expanding their witness for equality and justice by focusing on rapid population growth and over-consumption as…

Opening to the Spirit in Creation

I see myself within the Quaker Universalist tradition, which affirms that there are many paths to Truth, and that no…

Surviving Winter

When I woke up one morning last winter, it was five degrees. The cold was paralyzing. At 6:30 am, an…

Quakerism, Community, and Katrina

I am compelled to speak to the meaning of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. It warns: discard the "ownership society"—the…

Tree Trust

I’m sitting under the dense canopy of a Mexican elderberry tree. There are two such trees in the front yard…

Are Animals Our Neighbors?

Taking the View From Below Nutrition expert and activist Neal Barnard once made a presentation to elementary school students. As…

Freedom and Power

It was the day after a heavy spring rain when I ventured out to take a walk in Wildwood, a…
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