Western Friend is excited to announce what we hope will be the first in a series of books exploring themes and concepts integral to the lives of Friends through creative expression. This series, tentatively titled Giving Form to Faith, seeks to engage Friends from all walks of life in lifting up their spiritual experiences through the arts.
For the first book in the series, we are beginning at the beginning. Tentatively titled By Any Name, it will be a collection of Friends’ expressions of God, Jesus, Light, the Divine, Creator.
We are interested in submissions of poetry, song, fiction and creative nonfiction, photos, paintings, sketches, collage, and photographic representation of three-dimensional work such as sculpture, quilting, etc. We welcome submissions from Friends everywhere, though preference will be given to pieces with some connection to the West, be it through the topic or the artist’s home place. This collection seeks to include many different voices, from children to elders, those who know God as Christ and those who know Spirit as the Eternal Mother.
The fundamental question we hope Friends will explore is, “How have you experienced God or the Divine?” We want your stories about these experiences, in whichever form speaks to you.