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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 1,263 episodes available.
November 16, 2019Biodegradable Plastic & Anthropocene PastoralThere's excitement as science seeks ways back from the brink of climate disaster. Peterson Toscano of Citizens Climate Radio talkes with Dr. Michael L Curry & Dr. Donald White about one potential solution, with Blair Bazdarich & Hannah Pickard of NNOCCI about communication strategies, with Catherine Pierce about her poem, Anthropocene Pastoral, and with Sean Dague, envisioning a fossil fuel-free world....more0minPlay
November 15, 2019Biodegradable Plastic & Anthropocene PastoralThere's excitement as science seeks ways back from the brink of climate disaster. Peterson Toscano of Citizens Climate Radio talkes with Dr. Michael L Curry & Dr....more55minPlay
November 09, 2019Islam's Water of LifeHayat Imam is an American-Muslim of Bangladeshi origin. She is a feminist-activist committed to building global social justice movements. Former Executive Director of the Boston Womens Fund and Board Chair of Grassroots International, she is an active member of Mass Peace Action and Dorchester People for Peace. Hayat was a keynote speaker at the Boston Womens March in January 2017 and, in the summer of 2018, at the Poor Peoples Campaign on the War Economy. She offers a four-part Course on Islam called: Understanding Islam: A Muslim Womans Perspective on the Essence of Islam, the Diversity of the Muslim World, and its Relationship with the West. Here's a link to the course offered via Massachusetts Peace Action. Email with questions to [email protected] Hayat was one of 5 women who created the material for a book back in 1984, called Watermelons Not War: A Support Book for Parenting in the Nuclear Age....more0minPlay
November 07, 2019Islam's Water of LifeHayat Imam is an American-Muslim of Bangladeshi origin. She is a feminist-activist committed to building global social justice movements. Former Executive Director of the Boston Women’s Fund and Board Chair of Grassroots International, she is an active member of Mass Peace Action and Dorchester People for Peace....more55minPlay
November 02, 2019Unwanted Children & Traumatized Foreign BoysWill the issues every stop repeating themselves? Everything is not about the Bible, but a good share of everything is in the Bible, at least if you look with the discerning eyes of Peterson Toscano, a gay man who produces the monthly Citizen's Climate Radio blog, and Liam Hooper, a North Carolinian trans man of Ministries Beyond Welcome. In this episode of Bible Bash they look at the experience of being the unacceptable/unloved child (like Ismael) and the foreign boy with a need for a caring adult (Daniel with Ebed Malech). Long ago stories, but so relevant today, like on the southern US border....more0minPlay
November 01, 2019Unwanted Children & Traumatized Foreign BoysWill the issues every stop repeating themselves? Everything is not about the Bible, but a good share of everything is in the Bible, at least if you look with the discerning eyes of Peterson Toscano, a gay man who produces the monthly Citizen's Climate Radio blog, and Liam Hooper, a North Carolinian trans man of Ministries Beyond Welcome....more55minPlay
October 26, 2019Powerarchy to Social TransformationIn Powerarchy: Understanding the Psychology of Oppression for Social Transformation, psychologist Melanie Joy helps us find a way to rethink power, rewrite our future by understanding the structure, workings, & consequences of powerarchy. Melanie is also author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, and currently lives in Berlin, Germany, doing her work of building compassion in the world....more0minPlay
October 19, 2019Solar: Clear, Compelling, ComplexRalph Jacobson has been a steadfast advocate for solar since he founded IPS Solar in 1991. In 2017 they became the fastest-growing Twin Cities Business, all the more rewarding because of their practice of inviting women & people of color into the mostly male-dominated industry, and for Ralph's effort to use MnVest.org (Minnesota Investment Crowdfunding) to jump-start solarization of the Red Lake Nation reservation. Ralph is the founding president of MnSEIA (Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association....more0minPlay
October 18, 2019Solar: Clear, Compelling, ComplexRalph Jacobson has been a steadfast advocate for solar since he founded IPS Solar in 1991. In 2017 they became the fastest-growing Twin Cities Business, all the more rewarding because of their practice of inviting women & people of color into the mostly male-dominated industry, and for Ralph's effort to use MnVest.org (Minnesota Investment Crowdfunding) to jump-start solarization of the Red Lake Nation reservation....more55minPlay
October 12, 2019Reading the Qur'an As Friends & NeighborsMichael Birkel is a Professor of Christian Spirituality at ESR (Earlham School of Religion) who became a self-taught friend of the Qur'an. In addition to the courses he has taught at ESR and Earlham College, he led a week-long workshop called Reading the Qur'an as Friends as part of the 2019 FGC Gathering. He is author of Qur'an In Conversation, and he's been guest on QuakerSpeak.org....more0minPlay
FAQs about Spirit in Action:How many episodes does Spirit in Action have?The podcast currently has 1,263 episodes available.