Firelight
Driving Home a Message to Vote
Inspired by the “Chalk the Vote” campaign led by MNIPL’s Get Out The Vote team, my car art hopes to invoke those same tactics. Car art is a mobile medium, and surrounding cars must read and engage with the message.
Read MoreVoting is Loving: Thoughts on California Wildfires
This reflection is from Efua Sey, a senior at Macalester College from California. She attends Bethel Christian Fellowship in St. Paul. Efua is active in MNIPL’s Climate Justice Voter campaign.…
Read MoreHonoring Juneteenth Day
Happy Juneteenth! Juneteenth is a day to celebrate how far we have come in the struggle for equality and freedom in the United States. Each June nineteenth commemorates the arrival…
Read MoreTo reduce the risk of future pandemics, we need to move from domination to partnership with nature
Welcome to this edition of Firelight: Wisdom to Support & Inspire! This edition of Firelight is written by Teddie Potter who shares reflections on how we can help health-care professionals…
Read MoreMinnesotans Support Clean Cars
MNIPL supporter and Woodbury resident, Wallace Wald explains why he supports Governor Walz’s administration’s clean car proposal. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is working on adopting Clean Car Standards, which…
Read MoreMiikawaadenim – To Be Beautiful
Welcome to this edition of Firelight: Wisdom to Support & Inspire! This edition of Firelight is written by Winona Laduke who shares reflections on co-creating a more kind and beautiful…
Read MoreStart at the Roots and Grow Upward Together
Welcome to this edition of Firelight: Wisdom to Support & Inspire! This edition of Firelight is curated by Bethany Divakaran who shares reflections on patient growth and rootedness. This Month’s…
Read MoreSacred Circle Liturgy – a Climate Crisis Resource
This Climate Crisis Liturgy is a worship resource recently created by David Weiss, a theologian, writer, poet and hymnist committed to doing “public theology” around issues of ecology, sexuality, justice, diversity,…
Read MoreWriting for a Storm: Six Moments of Grief and Resistance
As we begin this September edition of Firelight, we mourn the loss of life due to Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines. This month’s curator…
Read MoreFacing Grief with Deep Love
Dear Friend, I write to you with a special edition of Firelight, in response to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission decision to grant the Line 3 pipeline a Certificate of Need.…
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