Progressive Spirit

Many of us have grown up watching The Ten Commandments on television. Each

year we would watch Charlton Heston kill an Egyptian, rescue Midianite

damsels, confront the Pharaoh with amazing miracles and the lead the Hebrews

out of slavery in Egypt and through the Red Sea....

Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth (AE911truth) now has nearly three

thousand professional engineers and architects calling for a new

investigation into the destruction of the three World Trade Center towers

on 9/11. Founder of AE911Truth, Richard Gage, AIA talks ab...

Andreas Weber is a Berlin-based philosopher, biologist, and writer. He holds

degrees in marine biology and cultural studies. He proposes the development

of a “poetic ecology” which intimately attaches our species to every

being and underpins the entire range of human exp...

The election of Donald Trump came as a shock to many. But others saw it as

the culmination of a decades-long effort to uproot and destabilize

America’s democratic government. My guests come from two different

generations but with a similar viewpoint and quest to empower ...

White born-again or evangelical Christians and white Catholics strongly

supported Donald Trump for president. To what extent does this vote

represent Christian values? What would happen if Jesus were in the White

House? What would be our priorities as a nation if the val...

California has legalized recreational use of marijuana. The law went into

effect January 1st, 2018. Meanwhile, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has

recently stated that he is rescinding the Cole Memo which had protected

states from federal interference regarding cannabis l...

Brad Warner is a Soto Zen priest. He also plays bass for the punk band, Zero

Defex. And he plays a zen priest named Brad in the important film, Zombie

Bounty Hunter, M.D. He also has a curious interest in the 13th century

Japanese Zen Master, Dogen. He is in the process ...

Stephen Gray is the author of Cannabis and Spirituality:  An Explorer’s

Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally.  On October 1st, 2015, Oregon joined

Washington and Colorado as the third state to legalize recreational use of

cannabis.     Now that it is easy as going to on...

During one year, 1967, it seemed possible that the world could be transformed

by peace, love, and meditation. The assassinations, violence, and

polarization of 1968 hadn’t happened, and the hippies were exploring

spirituality and social justice.  

 

Danny Goldberg takes...

Jann Aldredge-Clanton didn't start out as a reformer. When she was a

pre-teen, she almost starved herself to death trying to fit into the

culture's feminine mold. In high school she felt inadequate because she never

won a beauty crown, even though she graduated at the to...