Developing an ecotheology of critical hope in Cascadia
I got to be a guest co-editor for a special issue of Quaker Studies, which came out today, and it included my article, "Quakers and Ecospirituality: Spiritual Grounding for Climate Action." My co-editor was Barbara Welling Hall, and Rhiannon Grant is the Quaker Studies editor. This issue includes many of the papers that were presented …
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I had the joy of contributing a co-written chapter called "Reclaiming 'Enough': Away from Scarcity Toward True Abundance," which appears in the new book Hungry for Hope: Letters to the Church from Young Adults (Eerdmans 2025, eds Jeremy Paul Myers and Kristina Frugé). My co-author is Catalina Morales Bahena. This was a really fun project …
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On April 12, 2025, I'll be sharing with the group Quakers Uniting in Publication at their virtual mid-year meeting on the topic: "Publishers of Truth in an Era of Climate Change and Authoritarianism." Register here. We're in a difficult moment right now in the US, with activists being targeted, higher education being squeezed financially and …
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This week, I published an article based on my dissertation research. The article is, "Ecospiritual Praxis: Cultivating Connection to Address the Climate Crisis," and it's in the journal Religions. This was a special issue titled, "Undisciplining Religion and Science: Science, Religion and Nature," with guest editors Whitney Bauman and Lisa Stenmark. I think the idea …
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Lauren Brownlee reviewed A Quaker Ecology: Meditations on the Future of Friends in Friends Journal for the March 2024 issue. The review can be found here. Brownlee shares some of her observations about the book and says her favorite chapter is on "Incarnation and a Quaker Ecotheology of Light" (chapter 2), which is a short …
Quakers, Ecology, and the Light, which I co-wrote with Christy Randazzo, was recently reviewed in the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture. Many thanks to Sarah Werner for the review. Werner gives an overview of the book's contents, concluding: An interdependent ecotheology of Light has wide appeal beyond those in the Religious …
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In July, I had the joy of appearing on a panel with Margery Post Abbott and Gretchen Castle at Friends General Conference's 2023 Gathering. It was conveniently located in Oregon for the first time. The panel title was, "Abiding Together in the Life & Power." Marge, Gretchen, and I had a chance to meet together …
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QuakerSpeak recently released a video, "A Quaker Way to Earthcare," where I'm talking about being participants in an interconnected community, and how this relates to Quaker and Christian understandings of the Light. We can belong in a community rather than trying to dominate and control it: this allows us to share, help, and heal, to …
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A report on Oregon Faith Communities & Climate Resilience has just been released. I had a chance to work on a study this last summer for Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon's Creation Justice and Oregon Interfaith Power & Light, along with my friend and colleague Sarah Loose from Oregon Synod ELCA, director of disaster and climate …
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Over the summer, I had the opportunity to share on a podcast about my book, A Quaker Ecology, and my work in caring for the Earth, both in its ways that connect to Quakerism and spirituality, and addressing the intersections between the climate crisis, racism, and other inequities. Thanks so much to the Spirit in …
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