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Each week, Spirit In Action brings you stories of people living lives of fruitful service, of peace, community, compassion, creative action and progressive efforts. We will trace the spiritual roots t... more
FAQs about Spirit in Action:How many episodes does Spirit in Action have?The podcast currently has 1,266 episodes available.
October 10, 2010Mediator & Prisoner for PeaceJoseph Maizlish voluntarily relinquished his deferment during the Vietnam War and spent 2 1/2 years in jail. His work now includes mediation and activities with Southern California War Tax Resistance. Family counseling, civil rights, antinuclear work are all part of his path.Music Featured:Have You Been to Jail for Justice? - Anne FeeneyTravelers - Andy & Terry Murray...more55minPlay
October 03, 2010Rwandan Witness - Friends at Ground ZeroFriends Peace House/Uguru Rw'Amahoro is a striking witness in a country so recently torn by genocide of nearly 800,000 people. The Evangelical Friends Church in Rwanda has firmly taken on the task of being workers for peace, healing and reconciliation in a land much in need of Divine Love....more55minPlay
October 01, 2010John Lamoreau - Waging Peace/Biblical PacifismJohn Lamoreau has a Master of Arts in Peace Studies and is the co-author of Waging Peace: A Study In Biblical Pacifism, written 26 years ago with about 25 reprintings since then. John is an Evangelical Friend/Quaker, with deep concern for faithfulness to Jesus and to the life Jesus directed that we live. He has the peculiar distiction of being perhaps the only avowed pacifist to be endorsed by the National Rifle Association....more55minPlay
September 26, 2010Bolton Refuge House - Jerry WilkeJerry Wilke, Executive Director of Bolton Refuge House for 22 years talks about the practical & spiritual aspects of domestic abuse. Music Featured: Love Is the Only Medicine - Peter Alsop...more55minPlay
September 26, 2010Bolton Refuge HouseJerry Wilke, Executive Director of Bolton Refuge House for 22 years talks about the practical & spiritual aspects of domestic abuse.Music Featured:Love Is the Only Medicine - Peter Alsop...more55minPlay
September 19, 2010Organizing Rockford - Stanley Campbell & Rockford Urban MinistriesStanley Campbell has served Rockford Urban Ministries for almost 25 years, a voice for peace, justice and care for the disadvantaged of Illinois' second city. Stanley knows the ropes, having started as a John Birch conservative who volunteered to fight in Vietnam and having learned to question and reexamine what he's been told....more55minPlay
September 12, 2010Maharishi Invincibility CenterA visit with the co-directors of the newly opened center for transcendental meditation in the Twin Cities, discussing the history, present and potential ofTranscendental Meditation to promote health and peace, inner and outer....more55minPlay
September 05, 2010If the Church Were Christian - Philip GulleyPhilip Gulley is the author of 16 books to date, including the popular fictional series based in Harmony, Indiana. Phil's latest is If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus, and it is a powerful challange to the anti-gay, pro-war, pro-wealth messages of Christians out of step with Jesus....more55minPlay
August 29, 2010On the Ground in Afghanistan - Santwana DasguptaSantwana Dasgupta is Director of the Partnership for the Education of Children in Afghanistan (P.E.C.A) for the past 2 years, working from Kabul. The path to Afghanistan grew from her youth in India, the events of 9-11 and from her work with Friends for a Non-violent World (FNVW).Music Featured:Come to School Afghani girls - Atai Sheery...more55minPlay
August 22, 2010Update from Iraq: Sami Rasouli Back in the USASami Rasouli returned to Iraq after more than 20 years in the USA to rebuild the country and found the Muslim Peacemaker Teams. Combining love of his birthplace in Iraq with love of his home in the Midwest, Sami let's us see the people of both places as "us". Music Featured: Shekhani - Chaldean Folk Dance from Iraq...more55minPlay
FAQs about Spirit in Action:How many episodes does Spirit in Action have?The podcast currently has 1,266 episodes available.