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photo of book cover Peace-Work Quilt - Supporting CO's And Conscience Intelligent fighter for social justiceI had the pleasure of meeting two McNeil sisters back at the University of Texas back in the ?1960s. I knew Martha and Laura. I was very young, but they struck me as very different from White Women that I had met at that time. They were not just very intelligent, but they were fighters for social justice for Black People like me. The program with J.E. McNeil made me think about things which had not entered my mind for decades. I left the military for Canada in the late l960s. I found help the late Fay Stender who was later shot by a Black Militant. J.E. confirmed my decision to go to Canada. I am not sure if my "soul" could have survived killing someone. Like J.E. I was raised Methodist. I rejected the Methodist because of their support of racial discrimination as well as war. I had some very serious flirtation with the Quakers but I never crossed that bridge. For a number of years I went to Quakers Meeting. I am still amazed out so many smart and just people could come from family. It has been an honor to know McNeil sisters. Finally, my brother was a marine who killed many people in war. He wrecked his life and the lives of many people who loved him. And what was gained? It was a great program. Leon B. McNealy leon b mcnealy (not verified)
photo of book cover Peace-Work Quilt - Supporting CO's And Conscience I can't rate the show becauseI can't rate the show because it is the first I have heard, but I thought the questions were provocative and JE gave her normal honest and creative answers. She is one of my favorite people and does justice to her organization and the Quakers, both. Thanks for having her on. Ma Feitler (not verified)
Lisa Wildman Lisa Wildman's Song of the Soul Soul stirringly sung song ofSoul stirringly sung song of the soul :) Parag (not verified)
Friendly FolkDancers Cuba Dancing Peace in Cuba & Around the World I enjoyed this program andI enjoyed this program and despite the warnings about poor sound, the sound wasn't too bad. Lynne D'Angelo (not verified)
Jim Stoltz Wilderness Witness Didn't get to listen to theDidn't get to listen to the complete program, but will return to finish listening. Thank you for your program, and you were referred to us by a friend in Missoula. Linda Sentz (not verified)
Curing Affluenza: The Happiness Initiative Curing Affluenza: The Happiness Initiative I've been hearing a lotI've been hearing a lot lately about learning to be happy independent of external circumstances. Your interview touched on that in a round about way especially toward the end. Nice one. Rich Featherly (not verified)
Philip Gulley If the Church Were Christian - Philip Gulley I’ve been listening to aI've been listening to a podcast called Spirit in Action, produced by the liberal Quakers at Northern Spirit Radio, and it's added some nice confirmations to my theory of the secret UUs. John Shelby Spong was on a 2005 podcast that I just heard today. He and the host spent a few minutes on the idea of ongoing revelation, and the host asked Spong what books he might add to the canon of sacred scripture if he could. Spong named Martin Luther King Jr's Letters From a Birmingham Jail, and works by Dag Hammerskjold, among others. And elsewhere in the interview he talked about incorporating the findings of science into one's spirituality, naming Charles Darwin and Karl Jung in particular. Among the six sources of spiritual wisdom UUs recognize: Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love. In a more recent podcast, Philip Gulley was discussing his latest book, If the Church Were Christian, and through the course of the conversation mentioned that Fairfield Friends Meeting the Quaker meeting he pastors includes Baha'i, Jews and atheists. And as for himself, he told the host he's not concerned with calling himself a Christian. As the first chapter of the latest book suggests, he sees Jesus as a model for living, not an object of worship. Sounds kind of like a UU congregation, doesn't it? I was also reminded that in the book, though not in the podcast, he mentions that he would rather have a congregation of kind atheists than mean-spirited Christians. Among the seven UU principles are a respect for the worth and dignity of each person; encouragement to spiritual growth; and a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. I don't mean to make more of this than it is. I doubt either Spong or Gulley would call themselves UUs. But the theologies they espouse, in particular their shared emphasis on action over belief and acceptance of people as they are — and their theological ideas which bear many similarities to one another and not many at all to the traditional Christian settings each of them came through suggest that they would be comfortable and very much at home in a UU congregation. More to the point, I think that the broad universe of liberal religion has more similarities than differences. If atheists can attend a Quaker meeting, and a former Episcopal Bishop can speak unreservedly of wanting to add Martin Luther King to the sacred canon (and rip Leviticus out of it), then we're drinking from the same well. Add many reform Jews, the United Church of Christ and other liberal Christian denominations, humanists, many or most neo-pagans and various unlabeled liberal-spiritual types, and we have a movement that's considerably larger than it might seem. Michael Hardy (not verified)
Singing the Goddess Singing the Goddess: Stasa Morgan-Appel It was delightful andIt was delightful and inspiring. You should have Ms.Morgan=Appel on again. It seems she is also a Minister and her calling is Healing :- Spiritual, Physical, Relationships, etc. Why don't you have her back and interview her on her profession as a minister? She has lectured widely and led numerous workshops on Healing as well as Singing the Goddess. Ms. Morgan-Appel also considers music, especially singing, as part of the Healing experience. Would be interested in and definitely tune in to hear her again. Many of my friends, etc. have also expressed the same wish. Laudina MacTav… (not verified)
Curing Affluenza: The Happiness Initiative Curing Affluenza: The Happiness Initiative While this was my 1st timeWhile this was my 1st time listening to this show, I very much enjoyed it and am "on board" vis-a-vis the Happiness Initiative. The USA needs more focus on happiness and vacation - as well as a National Health Insurance Program! Its hard to be happy when one has to worry about how to pay for health care costs! Thanks! Chuck Killingsworth (not verified)
Howard Shalowitz Beit Shira/House of Song - Part 1 Jewish Music in America I didn't learn this muchI didn't learn this much Jewish history in my 9 years of Hebrew school. Keep up the good work. Herb Palans (not verified)