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It’s all about me. My name is Steve Ray and my favorite color is blue

Sailing across the Atlantic documentary 

Artists and songs in order of appearance:

Boston: Rockin Roll Band

Boston: More than a feeling

Chip and Isak

Avett Brothers: Please Pardon Yourself

Avett Brothers: Life

Mapei: Don’t Wait

Father John Misty: Bored in the USA

Father John Misty: Well, you can do it without me

Father John Misty: Leaving L.A.

Paul Spring: Take Another Moment

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The Minnesota State Fair, "The great Minnesota get together"

Studio music by Brian Thavis

The sly ghost of Menlo Park slinks cross country to Wisconsin

This episode contains harsh language

Thanks to Adam, Gretchen, Sam

Music by Brian Travis

More on Firewood Farming 

I went camping in the boundary waters. The wilderness and conversations that filled my time lead me to consider climate change in a new way. This story includes a conversation on  Naomi Klein’s 2014 book, This Changes Everything.

Smoke signals at farminggod.org 

Music by Brian Travis

Thank you Collin.

Eight months ago Brian Clark moved to Song of the Morning yoga retreat center in upper Michigan- an ideal space to live his contemplative vocation of meditation, consciousness, and creativity. 

Begin meditating: 

Because of my time at Song of the Morning Yoga Retreat, I reestablished my contemplative practice (at least for now). If you are interested in beginning a contemplate practice, here are a few resources that were helpful for me along with a few books Brian recommended.

Resources:

Be Here Now by Ram Dass

Mysticism: A study in Mans Spiritual Consciousness by Evelyn Underhill

The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley

Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch

Farming god episodes:

• Meditation Pt.1

• Meditation Pt. 2

Thanks to everyone at song of morning for their hospitality. Music by Isak Sommer

More helpful tidbits at Farminggod.org 

Smoke signals on FarmingGod.org

Traveling from one place to another and the space between

Science Mike and Michael Gungor of the Liturgists podcast help me wrestle with what Wild Goose Festival means for Christianity. Originally published after the 2016 Wild Goose Festival, we are joined by a host of authors and speakers who discuss topics ranging from transgender Christianity to support for recovering racists. This episode will undoubtably give you a peek into the slurry known as Wild Goose Festival, happening this weekend in Asheville, NC.

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Music in this episode is by Paul Spring. Intro music and horns are by Winston Drei Tod. Thanks to Mike McHargue, Michael Gungar, Tom Sine, Matt Morris, Mirabai Starr, Austin Hartke, Versandra Keningbrew, the band Hardworker, Lawton Higgs Sr., Merideth Owensby, Larry Reed, Rick Meredith and the entire creative team at Wild Goose Festival.