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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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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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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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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Quakers, Ecology, & the Light was released today! I co-authored this book with my good friend, Christy Randazzo. A few years ago, we were talking about the Quaker metaphor of the Light, and how this could be a really useful and meaningful metaphor that can help Friends (Quakers) develop a robust ecotheology from within our …
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https://pendlehill.org/events/illuminate-summer-speaker-series-2023/ This summer we'll have our third annual collaboration between Barclay Press and Pendle Hill for a speaker series based on Illuminate, the Friends Bible study curriculum I edit and contribute to. This is a virtual series over Zoom on Mondays at 7:30–9:00pm EST. Dates are as follows: June 12, June 26, July 10, July …
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If you haven't yet found Pendle Hill's podcast, "The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope," go check it out now! They came out with a first season in the fall of 2022, and once I started listening, I just binge-listened to all 5 episodes. Podcast host, Dwight Dunston, does an amazing job of opening up simultaneously …
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