by Lee Hall | Sep 17, 2024 | EMERGE value set
We return to Benjamin Lay for an illustration of passionate persistence—the courage to endure in the face of apparently impossible odds. The paradox of Lay’s prophetic witness? While insisting on the immediate end to repressive hierarchies, Lay wasn’t confined to...
by Lee Hall | Sep 17, 2024 | EMERGE value set
Growth is a popular term in economic circles, but our focus is spiritual growth. Consider the evolving perception of Gus Speth, who has served as Administrator of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group. Speth once thought the top global environmental...
by Lee Hall | Sep 17, 2024 | EMERGE value set
Right action involves mindfulness first. It might start with questioning the benefits we get in an economy based on extraction of resources from Earth. Discerning right action involves following the Quaker testimony of simplicity, as we strive to live within our...
by Lee Hall | Sep 17, 2024 | EMERGE value set
Ecology—the study of living beings as interconnected with their environments—comes from the Greek oikos, “house” or “habitat.” The value of integrity speaks to the importance of doing what we say, and to acting on what we understand. And to the importance of bringing...
by Lee Hall | Sep 17, 2024 | EMERGE value set
Loss of beaches. Flash floods. Intense storms. Wildfires so severe that insurers are fleeing whole U.S. states. All of these, in the 21st century, reflect our impacts. We finally notice when we need rescue on the road, when the lost beachfront is our own, when our...
