Northern Spirit Radio, Eau Claire Wi

Spirit In Action

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'll trace the spiritual roots that support and nourish them in their service. Above all, we'll seek out Light, Love and Helping Hands, being shared between our many neighbors on this planet, hoping to inspire and encourage you to sink deep roots and produce sacred fruit in your own life.

Spirit In Action is an hour of interviews with those providing leadership in peace, justice and "good works", interspersed with relevant music.

The theme music is "The Turning of the World" performed by Sara Thomsen (written by Ruth Pellham) and "I Have No Hands But Yours" by Carol Johnson

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5/15/2021

The Eco-Right, Eco-Anxiety, Eco-Cool, & Eco-Birding: A Better Climate

Peterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio guest-hosts today, featuring visits with Dr. Krista Hiser, Director of the Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum for the University of Hawaii, Bob Inglis, Executive Director of republicEn & advocate of the Eco-Right, Sarah Jaquette Ray, professor of environmental studies & author of A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet, and Tykee James, government affairs coordinator at the National Audubon Society and co-organizer of Black Birders Week. [ More... ]

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5/8/2021

Demystifying Shariah - Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Muslim

A refreshing look beyond the distortions and rhetoric of the Islamaphobia industry in the US, Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Not Taking Over Our Country by Sumbul Ali-Karamali (or type in MuslimNextDoor.com) opens eyes to the rich & complex history & present of how Muslims try to faithfully follow God. Sumbul grew up in Southern California, and after becoming a corporate lawyer, she earned an additional degree in Islamic law. Drawing on strengths related to her English degree from Stanford, she straightforwardly shares the complex reality of Islam over the centuries and over the world, with humor, humility, and insight. Her earlier books are The Muslim Next Door: the Qur’an, the Media, and that Veil Thing and Growing up Muslim. Sumbul serves on the steering committees of Women in Islamic Spirituality and Equality (WISE) and the Muslim Women’s Global Shura Council, both of which aim to promote women’s rights and human rights from an Islamic perspective. [ More... ] [ Excerpts ]

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5/1/2021

Spreading the Peace Virus

Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Quaker

How do we spread the peace virus instead of perpetuating fear, hate, & injustice? Matthew Legge is author of Are We Done Fighting? Building Understanding in a World of Hate and Division, which gives us deep insights & practical skills for doing just that. Matthew has been the Peace Program Coordinator of the Canadian Friends Service Committee since 2012, and he has supported locally-led peace initiatives in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. You can join in for free with the CFSC Peace Skills Training. [ More... ] [ Excerpts ]

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4/24/2021

Interfaith Nonviolence

Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Buddhism, Catholic, Jewish, Sikh

Listen to much of Nonviolence: An Interfaith Conversation, co-sponsored by the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice, and Public Understanding at St. Norbert College and The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, with perspectives from David Mueller, with his Catholic Worker background, Pardeep Singh Kaleka, Executive Director of Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee and co-author of The Gift of Our Wounds: A Sikh and a Former White Supremacist Find Forgiveness After Hate, Elliot Ratzman, Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department of Grinnell College, and Jim Handley, certified Kingian Nonviolence trainer teaching Peace Studies at UW Stout. You can watch the full 90-minute video. [ More... ]

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4/17/2021

Civil Resistance - Power to the People from ICNC

Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Non-affiliated, Quaker

The work of the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) is to develop & share the knowledge needed for effective civil resistance, and they are providing the info in more than 60 languages to freedom, justice, & democracy workers all around the world. Hardy Merriman has been President & CEO of ICNC since 2015, and working in the field since 2003. Drawing on the best research and the most promising experience, Hardy and the ICNC are providing the vital educational support to the rapidly growing nonviolent civil resistance movements working to transform the world. [ More... ]

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