SpeakingTruth.org program: Spirit In Action

Peggy Seeger - Singer, Songmaker, Activist

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Peggy Seeger is especially known for her song of awakening women's consciousness, Gonna be an Engineer, but she sings of many concerns and causes, including economic justice and, especially, care for creation. She's put out a wealth of music on her own, with her husband Ewan MacColl, with her brothers, Pete & Mike Seeger, and with other fine artists.
*All the songs in this program are by Peggy Seeger:* Gonna Be An Engineer Sing About These Hard Times Right To Life The Mother Woman On Wheels Ballad of Jimmy Massey

Religion & Society Exchange - Sahar Taman & Rabbi Jeremy Schneider

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Project of the National Peace Foundation and the Islamic Society of North America, Reflections and Experiences of Religion and Society includes essays from the participants in the exchange program between Muslims, Jews & Christians between the Middle East & the US Midwest.
A visit with organizer & editor, Sahar Taman, and with participant, Rabbi Jeremy Schneider. Music Featured: Maybe There's a World - Yusuf Islam

Scattering Good Down the Mississippi - Paddle for the Planet Students

Sun, 23 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

5 students from Scattergood Friends School are headed down the Mississippi for Paddle for the Planet, a 1-month educational journey of environmental discovery. Colby, Sophia, Sam, Jamiah & Mary have studied renewable energy, river fish, the Gulf's dead zone, phenology & useful plants in preparation.

Music Featured:

River		Clay Riness
Solar Power		Kim & Reggie Harris
Catfish		Bob Franke
Downstream		Earth Mama
Mississippi River Chant		Yata

Scattering Good Down the Mississippi - Paddle for the Planet Students

Sun, 23 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Music Featured:

River		Clay Riness
Solar Power		Kim & Reggie Harris
Catfish		Bob Franke
Downstream		Earth Mama
Mississippi River Chant		Yata

The Children of Mother Glory - Michele Harris

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Michele (C.M.) Harris has written a probing and powerful novel involving issues of sexual identity, pacifism and toxicity in the environment over the past 100 years. With multiple protagonists facing a world that is judgmental to gay/lesbian/trans/pacifist people, Michele takes us for a walk in the shoes of the "other", helping us to understand the issues from many directions.

Michele will be speaking to the Chippewa Valley GLBT Community about her book at 505 S Farwell Street in Eau Claire on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 7 PM.

Music featured in this program:

My Little Town - Paul Simon

Imagine My Surprise - Holly Near

Brave Man from Ohio - Andy Murray

Oh My Children - Sara Thomsen

Hattie & Mattie - Holly Near

Quetico & Awakening - 2 Books Opening Wider

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0700

A brief visit with Michael L. Robins, author of Awakening: 13 Steps to Love, Freedom, and Power, entered in the Next Top Spiritual Author Contest, and with Jon Nelson, author of Quetico: Near to Nature's Heart about Quetico Provincial Park.

Grace Goes To Prison - Melanie Snyder

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Melanie G. Snyder is author of Grace Goes To Prison which tells the story of Grace Marie Hamilton's growing and deepening work in Pennsylvania prisons, covering a wide variety of initiatives and programs aimed at reforming, improving and humanizing the lifes of prisoners. Melanie also interacts with the legal system in her work as a restorative justice mediator.
The full name of the book is Grace Goes to Prison: An Inspiring Story of Hope and Humanity and Melanie is currently traveling around the country speaking about both the book and the US prison system.

Andy Murray Teaching Peace

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Andy Murray was a founder of the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies of Juniata College in Pennsylvania. He's also ordained in the Church of the Brethren *and* hes a singer/songwriter. He'll likely change your conceptions of what Peace Studies is and what best supports such work. You'll also enjoy a couple related songs by Andy - what more could anyone ask?
*All the songs in this program are performed by Andy & Terry Murray:* Somebody Tony and I Brave Man From Ohio

The RNC 8 - Anarchism & Reprisals for Welcoming the Republicans to St Paul

Sun, 02 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Garrett Fitzgerald is one of the anarchist & anti-authoritarian RNC 8, on trial for activities leading up to protests in the Twin Cities of Minnesota during the 2008 Republican National Convention. John Bachman was a legal observer at the demonstrations and is 1 of the 11 lawyers for the defense of the RNC 8.
Garrett Fitzgerald - rnc8_g@riseup.net

Eco-Justice, Queer Commentary & the Hebrew Bible - Dr. Ken Stone

Sun, 09 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Dr. Ken Stone of Chicago Theological Seminary leads workshops on Eco-Justice & The Hebrew Bible and he's written and edited several books including Practicing Safer Texts: Food, Sex and Bible in Queer Perspective. His analysis is spiritual fuel for lives of justice.

Honduras Witness & US CO's - Father Melo plus Center on Conscience & War

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Father Ismael (Melo) Moreno, Jesuit priest & director of Radio Progreso, brings news of Honduras since the coup and Atty JE McNeil talks about CO's like Dr. Timothy Watson, the Military and the Center on Conscience & War.
Father Melo spoke in Milwaukee on March 9, sponsored by the National Lawyers Guild - Milwaukee Chapter, the Latin America Solidarity Committee - Milwaukee, Peace Action-Wisconsin, the Progressive Students of Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba. In Chicago his visit was sponsored by La Voz de los de Abajos.

John Stedman - Community Organizer for JONAH - Joining Our Neighbors Advancing Hope

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0800

John Stedman is a community organizer for JONAH - Joining Our Neighbors Advancing Hope, which is a grandchild of the national organization called Gamaliel, an effort to promote activism from a congregational base. John's journey to activism started with a father working for the UN, life and study in Kenya, alcoholism & fishing, and a daughter who got him back to church.
Music featured in this program: Stand Up - John McCutcheon When One Is Too Many - Peter Alsop

Goin' Wild - Wild Foods & Fauna

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Sam Thayer's 1st book was Forager's Harvest and his new book is Nature's Garden, invaluable info on getting to the heart of nature through our stomachs. Jim Backus has released 4 books this past year with stunning photography and simple, compelling prose, leading us to connect with the Earth and its animals. In December he released 2 Voyage Into Nature collections and New Pack on the Prairie, a children's story based on photographs of a wolf pack in North Dakota.

Vets Fast for Peace - Antiwar Thanksgiving

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Elliott Adams, a past president of the Veterans for Peace, was part of a Thanksgiving fast for peace in Syracuse, NY, protesting the USA's use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (aka drones). Elliott was an enthusiastic volunteer during the Vietnam War, so he speaks powerfully of his journey from war and into peace work. You can reach him at (518) 441-2697 or email him at elliottadams@juno.com - he's happy to help out.

Music Featured from the Peace NOT War collection:

Jacob's Ladder (Not In My Name) - Chumbawamba
United States - Seize the Day
Out of the Clear Blue Sky - John Lester

David Thomas - Listening for Light in Rwanda

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0800

David Thomas has a passion for discerning God's will, and he's shared that drive with the Friends Church in Rwanda. Ending up in Rwanda is a result of his practical encounter with discernment as he and his wife, Debby, sought clearness on where they were called in mission - could they really be called to genocide-torn Rwanda?
In pursuing a leading to promote true ownership of the missionary-founded Friends Church by Rwandans, David has faced a major challenge, and success, to which God has him. Debby & David Thomas are supported by Evangelical Friends Mission and are from Northwest Yearly Meeting.
*Original Air Date:* 04/13/2008

Charlie King - A Voice for Peace & Justice

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Charlie King has been performing music since he was four, eventually finding a home with folk music. A lifelong Roman (or roaming) Catholic, he morphed from a Goldwater supporter in 1964 to an anti-war protester by 1967, and he's been an outspoken voice for peace and justice ever since.

He done a lot of solo performances over the years, but prefers to team up with other musicians, including his partner, Karen Brandow.

All the songs in this program are performed by Charlie King (and often by his wife, Karen Brandow):

News, Blues & People 2		From Higher Ground
There Is A Wall		From Two Good Arms
Dont Ask, Dont Tell		From Inside Out
Who Will Be Next on the Gallows		From Higher Ground
Song For A Hobbit		From Vaguely Reminiscent
Two Good Arms		From Two Good Arms

Original Air Date: 05/11/2008

Saving Paradise - Reclaiming Christianity from Empire

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Rita Nakashima Brock is co-author of Saving Paradise: How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Cruxifiction and Empire, tracing how the radically pacifist Christianity of the first centuries was corrupted to support violence and empire. Rita is an author, feminist, and professor of theology and co-director of Faith Voices for the Common Good. This presentation is from FNVW's Ways of Peace conference on Christian nonviolence.

Music Featured:
The Great Storm Is Over - John McCutcheon

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer - A Government of Justice & Peace

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, assistant professor of Justice & Peace Studies at the University of St Thomas, spoke at the 2009 Ways of Peace conference sponsored by Friends for a Non-violent World. He's got an insightful and practical theology of transformation for our world which fueled his run for the Democratic nomination for the US Senate.
Among other things, Jack has a Master of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York City.

The Wisdom To Know The Difference - Eileen Flanagan

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Eileen Flanagan shares insights & stories of lives heading toward serenity, empowerment and wisdom. A writer, mother and former Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana, Eileen draws on deep spirit and wide ranging vision to help us make decisions leading to a better world.
Music Featured: We Keep Growing On - Chris Pfeiffer

Holistic Development Mission in Rwanda - Debby Thomas

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0800

Missionary doing holistic development in Rwanda? To a lot of folks almost any other destination might have seemed preferable to God's call for Debby & David Thomas to become missionaries in Rwanda just after the genocide of1994.
But they obeyed, and both have found profound work in the course of their 10 years there, Debby with a call to energy alternatives, sustainable agriculture and transformational development. Debby & David Thomas are supported by Evangelical Friends Mission and are from Northwest Yearly Meeting.
*Original Air Date:* 03/30/2008