Developing an ecotheology of critical hope in Cascadia
Friend Damon Motz-Storey and I have both been involved in climate justice organizing and advocacy in Oregon for the last few years in different organizations. We got together and wrote an article about our experiences advocating, organizing, and taking to the streets to participate in activist pressure and community building in Oregon. The article is …
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I'll be teaching an online course called: "Quakers & Ecospirituality: grounded practice to meet the ecological crisis" through Woodbrooke Quaker Study Center this summer. I taught the same course last fall, so I'm excited to teach it again with a new group and some updates. This course is for Friends who want to connect their …
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Many of us have experienced emergencies and catastrophic weather events related to climate change in the last few years. Rather than just hearing about a natural disaster somewhere else, most people on the planet are experiencing these events at or near their homes. It's important to do what we can to a) change our practices …
If you're thinking ahead to a practice to observe during Lent, consider reading the new Lenten devotional A Grounded Faith: Reconnecting with Creator and Creation in the Season of Lent. I contributed to this booklet, and other contributors include Michael Ellick, Solveig Nilsen-Goodin, Janet Parker, Joshua Grace, Jim Sequeira, and Tom Airey. We put this …
As a follow-up to my keynote address at North Pacific Yearly Meeting, I was invited to share on a podcast called Soul Force Ones, which creates content connected to Western Friend, as well as on other topics related to social justice. We talked about several topics, including climate justice from a faith perspective, the connection …
I had the opportunity to share a keynote address with North Pacific Yearly Meeting this summer, and I just received my author copies of the newest Western Friend, which holds an abridged version of that talk. You can see the table of contents for the September/October 2021 edition here. There are several great contributions relating …
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Last weekend, I had the chance to offer a keynote address to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and I also got to attend some of their other events at their virtual annual sessions. If you're interested, the video of my keynote address was recorded, linked below: "Building Hubs of Climate Resilience: Will Friends Act in Radical Faithfulness?" …
Next weekend, I'll be sharing a keynote address with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, working title: "Building Hubs of Climate Resilience: Will Friends Act in Radical Faithfulness?" In preparation for that, Friends asked me a few questions and posted an interview with me that you can find here. These were challenging questions, such as whether I ever …
Starting in mid-August, I'll be teaching a course through Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, UK (though virtually). The course runs from 16 August–10 October, 2021, and is called Quakers & Ecospirituality: grounded practice to meet the ecological crisis. Check the link for a more complete description of the course. I got to visit Woodbrooke …
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Western Friend, a journal with the tagline "Quaker plain speech and spirit in the West," recently published excerpts from my message to Friends Committee on National Legislation last November. Subscribers can read it here, or find links to order the print publication. The whole issue in which this excerpt appears is entitled, "On Debt," exploring …
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