In this month’s episode of the Bible Bash podcast, new co-host Don Durham leads us through a deep dive into the layered messages gleaned from Isaiah 56 - the classic text where the prophet proclaims God’s favor for foreigners and eunuchs.
In his studious way, Don takes us through a short framing history of the distinct periods in the collection of prophetic episodes attributed to the prophet, Isaiah. Don asserts that, not only does this chapter affirm immigrants, strangers, and differently-bodied, gender-transcendent persons, the whole of Isaiah repeatedly proclaims a single unifying message:
“Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.” Isaiah 1:17.”
This week’s Spirit in Action has been adapted from a recording of a webinar on July 7 hosted by the Canadian No New Fighter Jets Coalition, who are working to stop the Canadian government from purchasing 88 new fighter jets. Rachel Small and Pitasanna Shanmugathas lead the event for the Coalition, with speakers including Yonatan Shapira, former IDF helicopter pilot and current peace activist; Vicki Berenson, an organizer with Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin who is working to prevent the basing of F-35s at Truax Air National Guard Base in Madison; and retired US Air Force Colonel Rosanne Greco and Dr. John Reuwer of World BEYOND War, who have been trying to prevent the deployment of Air National Guard F-35s in Burlington, Vermont.
Reggie Harris has always been full of music & inspiration, but never more so than as he finishes his 7th decade on the planet. He's shared music all over the folk music map, including with his former wife, Kim, Pete Seeger, Emma's Revolution, Magpie, & recently an album with Greg Greenway.
Prepare to have your heart stolen by today's guest, Jaspar Lepak. Jaspar did not really get into music till post-college, but she burst into it full-bore, including producing 5 CDs in a very short time, 4 of which you won't find among the 5 releases that do show up on her site. Starting from life growing up in Arizona, she spent years in Minneapolis, in Durban, South Africa, and now in Seattle. Jaspar's fertile music time in the Twin Cities includes interviews with Ellen Stanley, AKA Mother Banjo, on KFAI for Ellen's Womenfolk show.
In the past 5 years, Fiacre Mutabazi has created an amazing variety of organizations and efforts to make both Rwanda and the world a better place. The first was the MyStoryRwanda YouTube Channel, and then there was what was first called the Rwanda Artist Network, now called Kunda Arts Collective.
From his continued curiosity about how we develop theologies that sustain us during periods of disappointment, Liam takes a look at Genesis 3.
Regular listeners may recall the Drawing Near episode when Liam shared the story of a Rabbi, at his conversion, asking him, Do you have a theology of disappointment to sustain you when the institution of Judaism and your fellow Jews disappoint you?
In this episode, Liam confesses this question continues to pester and inspire him. From the position of thinking through those moments when he disappoints himself, when other people leave him crestfallen, and he feels a bit disconsolate about human nature, Liam takes a closer look at the story of Adam and Eve and their troubling misadventure in the garden of Eden.
On the website of Vanessa Lively you'll see noted that she creates folk & world music that beautifully joins heartfelt lyrics with soulful vocals. This is true - deeply true - and time with Vanessa is a rich, deep, and also uplifting experience. Her heart pours out to the world through her music, and through the organization she created, Home Street Music, a music program working directly with Austin's homeless, after she won the Artist Activist Award from Music to Life in 2017.
Featuring 2 great thinkers mapping a better future for us all by looking deep within not only the human mind, but the mind of the Earth & Cosmos. Jeremy Lent, of Berkeley, CA, is the author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning and of The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science & Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe. Martin Schoenhals is author of Work, Love, and Learning in Utopia: Equality Reimagined, and Martin is a professor of anthropology at Appalachian State
This episode is designed to help you improve your climate communication and outreach. Amanda Ripley, author of the new book, High Conflict—Why We Get Trapped and How to Get Out, explains how easy it is to fall into the high conflict trap. She provides insights about how to avoid these traps, and how to hear, truly hear, what an opponent is saying.
Amanda Ripley is an investigative journalist for The Atlantic and other magazines and a New York Times bestselling author. Her other books include The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way, and The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why. Ripley spent a decade writing about human behavior for Time magazine in New York, Washington, and Paris. Her stories helped Time win two National Magazine Awards.
The Art House
Music is deep in Bob Reid's genetics, both from his father's record store and his mother's performing. The gift was also nurtured in him by the folk music community around San Francisco, including folks like Melvina Reynolds and Faith Petric. Bob has generously passed the music and inspiration on to generations of kids in schools for decades now - and also to adults. His songs go straight to the heart and require that you sing along.