The Denims

For this episode, we join millions of people worldwide in the 13th Annual Unity World Day of Prayer , a 24-hour prayer vigil, affirming "United heart to heart in prayer...we awaken to the power of God within." I invite you to help us surround the world in the light that God is. Together, we can make a difference on this planet. As always, prayer requests are welcome in the Prayer Cirle. If you wish to submit prayer requests to the Prayer Circle, you may do so by any of the contact methods I have provided.Music today:"God Is in the House" by Podsafe Music Network artist Mark Laforme (check out his MySpace page, also)We Are Together-Short Version by Podsafe Music Network group Quebb "Common Ground" by Podsafe Music Network artist David Ippolito. Background music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com group The Season of Us Music today: Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. MillerOutro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and Podsafe Audio.com group EL84.Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my webpage , where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

My condolences go out to the family, friends, and fans of Steve"Crocodile Hunter" Irwin.He was a beautiful soul who worked tirelessly to inform people about exotic and wild life, and was doing so when he received a fatal sting from a stingray. He will be missed. Five years after 9/11, many people still do not feel safer than they did on 9/10/01. I believe that if we are ever to win the "war on terrorism" it will be when we set down our weapons and guarantee at least a minimum standard of living for all, the opportunity to earn as much as possible, and the responsibility to know that one's quest for improvement must not deprive another of the minimum standard of living.If this can be achieved, then we will see peace break out on this planet.In the Prayer Circle, we lay the spiritual foundation for raising the global consciousness and establishing a world of peace. Next week, September 14, 2006, Silent Unity will be holding its annual Unity World Day of Prayer.For 24 hours, people around the world will be holding the world in the loving light of prayer.I invite you to join us in a special episode of this podcast on September 14, 2006 and hold the world in prayer.You may also submit the names of those you wish to hold in prayer, and the initials will be read during the Prayer Circle.If you wish to submit prayer requests to the Prayer Circle, you may do so by any of the contact methods I have provided. Music today: "Change the World" by Podsafe Music Network group Sunspot"Believe in Something" by Podsafe Music Network artist Captain WAM"Just Another Day-Mixdown" by Podsafe Music Network artist TonioBackground music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com group The Season of UsIntro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. MillerOutro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and Podsafe Audio.com group EL84.Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my webpage, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

I am just three months from graduating from college and putting an end to an eighteen-year chapter of my life.It feels good to be at this point, and I recognize that many people are to thank for this.The source of all of this encouragement comes from the Christ within--that creative and guiding impulse we all have.This guidance to be more than we thought we could be is the thing which whispers in our ear, "Go ahead; I dare you!"If we are open to the loving intent of this voice and learn to separate it from ego, we are limitless in our potential.In the Prayer Circle, we construct a picture of our wildest dreams, knowing that the picture is perfect.We also examine and support the pictures of all other Prayer Circle members.Join us and picture your life as more than you ever thought possible!On September 14, 2006, Silent Unity will be holding its annual Unity World Day of Prayer.For 24 hours, people around the world will be holding the world in the loving light of prayer. I invite you to join us in a special episode of this podcast on September 14 and hold the world in prayer.You may also submit the names of those you wish to hold in prayer, and the initials will be read during the Prayer Cirle.If you wish to submit prayer requests to the Prayer Circle, you may do so by any of the contact methods I have provided.Music today:"Captain of My Soul" by Podsafe Music Network group Last Under the Sun."Risk It All" by Podsafe Music Network group Bree Noble"I Want to Get to Heaven, But I Don't Want to Die" by Podsafe Music Network group Susan Govali (listed as "Trapped in Paradise on Podsafe Music Network).Background music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com group The Season of Us.Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller.Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and Podsafe Audio.com group EL84. Contact info: You can email me at [email protected].You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my webpage, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

I was having some challenges coming up with a topic for this week's episode, and thanks to Tom Holmes of the Deep Fabulousity Podcast, I took a look at the news events for inspiration.I had mentioned one story last week about Virginia Senator George Allen using a potentially derogatory nickname toward a campaign worker for his opponent, Jim Webb.The campaign worker was of Indian (not Native American) descent, but had been born and raised in Fairfax County, Virginia.After several sloppy attempts to backtrack on what he meant in his videotaped speech, and podcasters, bloggers, the independent media, and (at long last) the mainstream media holding him accountable, George Allen apologized for his conduct.Thanks to the resources that are available on the internet, we can ensure that things like this are not swept under the rug, which is why Internet Neutrality has to be preserved!Visit SaveTheInternet.com and learn how you can help save the internet from a takeover by the telecommunications companies. For this week's topic, I was also inspired by a song that just got posted on the Podsafe Music Network by the group Quinn called "Letting Your Light Shine".I discuss several Bible references, including the verse about letting your life shine (Matt 5:14-16, NRSV), and what it means to let your life shine.Basically, it means acknowledging that you have a power within you that is your full potential for good, clearing away blocks that do not allow this power to come forward, and then acting from that power in every moment of every day in your life.In the Prayer Circle, we let our lights shine, mingle, and radiate to the entire Universe. Join us and glow! The Prayer Circle is open to all people everywhere. If you wish to submit prayer requests to the Prayer Circle, you may do so by any of the contact methods I have provided.In the interest of confidentiality, I will only give initials and location of the person during the Prayer Circle. Music today:"Letting Your Light Shine" by Podsafe Music Network group Quinn"Shine" by Podsafe Music Network group Peter Moon Band"Be Here Now" by Podsafe Music Network group Freedom People Background music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com group The Season of Us.Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller.Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and Podsafe Audio.com group EL84. Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my webpage where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

First of all, a big "Congratulations!!!!" goes out to Fausto Fernos, Marc Felion, Miss Ronnie, Amanda Steinstein, Cesar Torres, Sal-E, and everybody else responsible for the Feast of Fools podcast. The Podcast Awards added a GLBT category this year, and the Feast of Fools not only was nominated, but they won! Feast of Fools was one of the first podcasts to which I subscribed after podcasts were added to iTunes, and I have been a fan ever since. I am totally addicted to the show, and I can not do without my daily dose of the "Fools". If you have not given the podcast a listen yet, then please treat yourself. I will warn you that it is not work-safe and people have been known to burst out in fits of laughter while listening at the gym, but it will put a smile on your face, a spring in your step and...well, I'd better leave it at that, since this is a "G-rated" podcast. ;-) Congratulations again, guys and gals!Prejudice is the act of holding preconceived ideas about somebody or something else, or an entire group. Having lived in a small, rural town in East Tennessee, I have experienced prejudiced attitudes, and as an openly gay man, I have experienced them first hand. A Virginia Senator running for reelection referred to an Indian employee of his opponent as "Macaca". In one definition of the word, "Macaca" refers to a genus of monkeys. Was this the Senator's intent? Watch the video and make up your own mind. Another event happened recently in Caro, MI, in which a group of Arab-American college students were buying a large number of Trac Phones to resell at a higher price. A Wal-Mart employee called the police on suspicion of terrorism and a plot to blow up the Mackinac Bridge was being linked to these guys. The terrorism charge is being dropped by the federal prosecutor, but they are still being held on money laundering charges connected with the Trac Phone transactions. Was prejudice at work here? Read the story and make up your own mind.I believe that prejudicial ideas are the greatest danger to humanity. Prejudice is the driving force behind war, terrorism, unchecked poverty, and profit at the expense of others. If we are ever to be truly free and peaceful on this planet, we must deal with the inner demons of prejudice. The Prayer Circle is open to all people, and in this week's Circle, we opened ourselves to a higher expression of love for each other and for the world. If you wish to submit prayer requests to the Prayer Circle, you may do so by any of the contact methods I have provided. In the interest of confidentiality, I will only give initials and location of the person during the Prayer Circle. Music today: "I'm So Busy" by Podsafe Music Network group The Alice Project "Common Ground" by Podsafe Music Network artist David Ippolito"Love Song" by Podsafe Music Network artist Kelly Goodlad"Love Revolution by Podsafe Music Network artist The Allmighty WhispersBackground music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com group The Season of UsIntro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. MillerOutro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and Podsafe Audio.com artist EL84. Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my webpage, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

Continuing with the theme of creating peace within ourselves and in our world, an important component of achieving peace is to learn to forgive.We only need to look at the situation in the Middle East between Israel and Lebanon to see the destructive effect that unforgivenness has on a group of people. As individuals, we may also hold others in unforgiveness, and we may find that we are just as captive as the person we refuse to forgive. I read from Matthew 18:21-35 and discuss a metaphysical interpretation of what can happen when we refuse to forgive. In this week's Prayer Circle, I share a meditation taught to me by Reiki Master Beth Simmons Stapor.The meditation has served me well, and I am glad to passit on to you. If you wish to submit prayer requests to the Prayer Circle, you may do so by any of the contact methods I have provided. In the interest of confidentiality, I will only give initials and location of the person during the Prayer Circle. Music today: "Unforgiven" by Podsafe Music Network group John and Paul."Move On" by Podsafe Audio.com artist Loretta Angus (could not find a website for her)"Forgive Me" by Podsafe Music Network artist Cofield Mundi (visit her website)Background music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com group The Season of Us. Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller.Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and Podsafe Audio.com artist EL84. Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. You can also contact me by Gizmo Project at Gizmo ID thatbluejeansguy. Visit my webpage at http://thatbluejeansguy.libsyn.com, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

First of all, let me give a big "congratulations" to Lance Bass of the boy band *NSYNC for his decision to come out publicly, and for getting a hunky boyfriend like Reichen Lehmkuhl. You go, Lance! Also, a shoutout to Garrett Husveth and Brent Dolan of the Haunted New Jersey Podcast. I have had an interest in paranormal phenomena for quite some time, and their podcast is a great source of info. They have been doing recordings in the warehouse where their studio is located, and I heard some EVPs in one of the recordings. I sent the files to them, and they mentioned me in Episode 30. Thanks, guys! Check out Haunted New Jersey's website here.Between, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Darfur, and everywhere in the world, people are concerned about the rise of violenceand the possibility of WWIII having already been started. I say that we do not have to go there, and we can instead choose to create peace. We have within us all the creative power of the Universe, and we have used it to get where we are now. By just choosing differently, we can begin a new era of peace and prosperity, and it begins with us. I believe that if we are to see peace outside of us, we must know peace within us. Christ Jesus used the command "Peace, be still" to still the stormy Sea of Galilee, and I believe we can use the same command to still the storm and violence in our own minds. As we raise our minds and hearts to a state of peace, we can not help but raise the collective consciousness of the planet. Today, I make the commitment to create peace within myself, and I invite you to do the same. I invite you to join the Prayer Circle, a growing online community we are creating with this podcast. The Prayer Circle is open to everybody everywhere. Bring your greatest triumphs and your greatest challenges and place them in the circle. You will never be alone, and we will support you. Prayer requests can be emailed or voicemailed. In the interest of confidentiality, I will only give initials and location of the person during the Prayer Circle. Music today: "Soulution (Peace Within)" by Podsafe Music Network group The Radical Thought Resistance."Common Ground" by Podsafe Music Network artist David Ippolito."Spirit of Lennon-Peace" by Podsafe Music Network artist Brad Stanfield (listed under his group Freedom People."We Are Together" by Podsafe Music Network group Quebb.Background music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com band The Season of Us.Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller.Outro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and Podsafe Audio.com artist EL84 (buy cd at http://www.el84rocks.com)Contact info: You can email me at [email protected] can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915.Visit my webpage at http://thatbluejeansguy.libsyn.com, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages.Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

Sometimes it is easy for us to base happiness on the outcome of our own, or somebody else's life. Additionally, it is easy for us to base happiness on things going on around us. Being able to be happy in the face of anything that presents itself to us is true freedom and safety. The challenge is to stay centered on the Truth within: we are powerful, creative, and capable of being more than our human mind allows us to think. I know this challenge firsthand, as I have been dealing with some self doubt and self-destructive thoughts about my future. I needed the lesson that I share with you in this episode. As promised, the Prayer Circle continues. The Prayer Circle is open to everybody everywhere. Bring your greatest triumphs and your greatest challenges and place them in the circle. You will never be alone, and we will support you. Prayer requests can be emailed or voicemailed. In the interest of confidentiality, I will only give initials and location of the person during the Prayer Circle. Music today: "Still Happy" by Podsafe Music Network artist Kelly Mueller "Really, Really Happy" by Podsafe Music Network group The Muffs"Rhythm of Our Feet" by Podsafe Audio.com group Somebody's ClosetBackground music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com band The Season of UsIntro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by Podsafe Music Network artists Simon James and Derek K. MillerOutro Music: "Power Inside" by Podsafe Music Network and Podsafe Audio.com artist EL84Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. Visit my webpage, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

Well, I have made it to twenty-five episodes, now! Seems like just yesterday I was beginning this thing. If you have been listening to my podcast since episode 1, then thank you, and please email me or voicemail me.Continuing with the new direction for the podcast, I discuss the idea of creating a new reality. You have within you the power to create a new reality that is everything you always wanted--and more. I present my idea for how that can work, and I invite you to give it a go! Also, the Prayer Circle continues. The Prayer Circle is open to everybody everywhere, and I will make every effort to make it as ecumenical as possible. Prayer requests can be emailed or voicemailed. In the interest of confidentiality, I will only give initials and location of the person during the Prayer Circle if you send any names. Credit for the Prayer Circle needs to go to Fausto Fernos, the co-host of the Feast of Fools Podcast. Fausto did a creative visualization on a recent episode, and it inspired me to do the Prayer Circle. Thanks, Fausto!Music today: "Create Your Own Fate" by Podsafe Music Network band Steadman (the band's entire catalog is available for free, legal download at their website), "Thankful" by independent, podsafe artist Heidi Bethune (check out her MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/heidibethune)."Let It Go" by Podsafe Music Network artist Lori Malvey (check her out at Independent Artists Company's website)"We Are Together" by Podsafe Music Network group Quebb.Background music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com band The Season of Us (check out their website).Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by PMN artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller (also available at Derek's website).Outro Music: "Power Inside" by PMN and Podsafe Audio.com artist EL84. Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. Visit my webpage, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!

In this past week, I've grown more concerned as the situation in Iraq and Iran seems nowhere near a resolution, North Korea test-fired missiles that either landed in the Sea of Japan or broke up in the air, and then North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, said more tests would be coming. And then, there is the big question of the current and future state of the environment...what has brought us seemingly to the brink of destruction? Could it be that the answer is so simple as we have forgotten how to love ourselves and each other? My inspiration for this week's episode came from one of the songs in my Podsafe Music Network playlist. As I listened to "Pass On Love" by People Coyote, I thought that the simple idea of passing on love could be an answer to the state of the world right now.This is not the same as the "Make Love, Not War" slogan of the 60's. Rather, this kind of love is the kind of love that would consider unacceptable the idea of depriving people of at least a humane standard of living so that someone else can stuff pockets with billions.This kind of love would not think of poisoning our environment and ensuring that life as we know it can not continue without a forced change.This kind of love would understand that what we do to another we also do to ourselves.If we just learn to love ourselves and pass that love on to others, it might just make a difference in how we live life on this planet. Starting with this episode, I will also be hosting what I intend to become the largest prayer circle in the Podosphere.I will do everything in my power to ensure that this prayer circle is as ecumenical as possible, and I welcome people from all spritual paths, as well as those who do not follow any particular spiritual path. Together, we can make a difference, and I invite you to join us. Music today: "Pass On Love" by Podsafe Music Network band People Coyote "Peace Around the World" by PMN band Freedom People Background music during Prayer Circle is "The Season of Us" by Podsafe Audio.com band The Season of Us.Intro Music: "Deep Cycle Discharge" by PMN artists Simon James and Derek K. Miller Outro Music: "Power Inside" by PMN and Podsafe Audio.com artist EL84. Contact info: You can email me at [email protected]. You can call my voicemail at 206-339-8915. Visit my webpage at http://thatbluejeansguy.libsyn.com, where you can send me an Odeo voice mail and stick a pin on my Frappr map. While you are there, check out the links to my favorite podcasts' home pages. Thanks for listening, and Stay Powerful!