These statements on the environment are wonderful, but the time has come to take action. I write about this statement in a previous blog post describing my experiences at the FWCC gathering in Peru that took place in January, 2016. has once again come to unity on a minute on sustainability, this time recommending specific actions that groups and individuals can take to help preserve our planet. Several years ago, FWCC approved the Kabarak call to Eco-Justice that was also very powerful, and deeply biblical, but a little vague on specific actions. It was also encouraging that FWCC (which represents the different branches of Quakers world-wide). The modern Quaker environmental movement was birthed at Pacific Yearly Meeting in 1985, when Marshall Massey gave a stirring talk that led to the formation of Friends in Unity with Nature and Quaker Earthquake Witness, the national Quaker environmental organization. I am pleased that my Meeting (Orange Grove Meeting in Pasadena) has come to unity about adopting the ' Facing Climate Change Minute' that was approved last summer by Pacific Yearly Meeting and 40+ other Quaker groups and organizations. As a rabbi is reported to have said, “Many of my best Jews areįriends.” Jonathan’s talk made me think of how my Jewish friends have inspiredĪnd challenged me to be a better Friend, and a better follower of Jesus of In Christianity, Friends are not required to be Christian to be members of our religious To the Religious Society of Friends, I am.” Although Quakerism is deeply rooted With the intriguing title: “I have always wanted to be Jewish: and now, thanks

He reminds me of Claire Gorfinkel, another Orange Grove Friend who is Jewish and wrote a pamphlet In his commitment to be Jewish and Quaker, He doesn’t flaunt his credentials or his knowledge. Is now studying to be a rabbi, Jonathan has earned the right to be proud, but The answer.” A UCLA law professor who has earned degrees from Yale and Harvard and Surprised and delighted me was his humility, his ability to say: “I don’t know Questioning, thoughtful exploration of religious practices and concepts. When Jonathan Zasloff, a new member of Orange Grove

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