First, some preamble, then the story, a totally true story that wends its way into a metaphor. The unveiling of Ford’s new mystery car, the Edsel, was to have been a momentous occasion. Instead, it was a big embarrassing flop that would mark a change in the car capital of the world – Detroit. All the cars in the world seemed to come from Detroit. During the Second World War, Ford Motors had produced one B-24 an hour out of its massive Rouge River Plant,…
Radhaa Nilia shared her new book with listeners via an interview on KSKQ radio, Ashland, Oregon, on November 21st, 2017. Quan Yin is the goddess of compassion. Radhaa has published a workbook to help women and men cultivate this goddess energy within.
I and Jason Houk interview Dr. Todd Miller, author of "Storming the Wall - Climate Change, Migration and Homeland Security at KSKQ radio in Ashland, Oregon on November 14th, 2017. Miller discusses the militarized over-reach of the Trump government, out 100 miles from our southern border, effectively creating a surveilance state and a standing army on American soil, a Trumpian "constitution-free zone." This project uses a 12 fold increase in funding, from $1.5B to $20B, more than what the FBI gets. When the Berlin Wall…
How easy it is to take the goods of life for granted. I realized this in the usual way – by having something injured. Who notices how well their thumbs work? I don’t; they just do. But bang it a few times and infection sets in, making it throb with highly noticeable pain, and you’ll realize all the ways there are to bump it again and again doing ordinary things. Put a key in the lock? Ouch! Open a package? Oww! Type a sermon? …
Because I’m a minister long-concerned for the ethics of how we get and use energy, my recent trip to tour the Tesla factory to the San Francisco bay area (Fremont) had an inspiring feel to it, like going on a pilgrimage to a shrine. Tesla doesn’t advertise or use dealerships, yet it is rapidly transforming the car world. This isn’t just for money. CEO and early investor Elon Musk’s life-intention has a “massively transformative purpose.” Above the doorway to the factory it reads, “Our Mission:…
Jessica Simmons is interviewed by Byron Carrier at KSKQ radio in Ashland, Oregon. She remembers her military family lifestyle growing up in North Carolina and how she has grown to fulfill a priestess role, creating ceremonies of drumming, chanting, and meaningful moments.
The Reverend Michael Dowd, pro-future evangelist, and I talk shop and religious philosophy for almost an hour. Michael Dowd, author of "Thank God for Evolution," has a refreshingly similar philosophy as I do: Nature is our primary access to ultimate Reality. If religion is an accurate and fruitful relation with Reality, being religious is living well in our bodies on our precious earth. Too much, religion in humanity directs us to afterlives and instead-of-lifes, to a distant and vague God instead of the "stuff" of…
I interview Constance Dean on my Tuesday morning radio show at KSKQ in Ashland, Oregon. Constance remembers her challenging life and how she broke through to self-ability and self-respect. I had helped her remodel her house, tearing off a back room, creating a new foundation for a large community room and a second story for her private bedroom. Almost all the materials were found for free at yardsales or from Habitat for Humanity. The recycled nature of the project took on spiritual and synchronistic surprise.
A little love can sway the world. We’ll look back in history we see how little acts influenced larger outcomes. Then, in our own lives, the same applies. Little changes in our spirit, mind, and mood make for little acts of love in our world. This then goes out to sway our whole world in ways we don’t yet know, but will. Henry David Thoreau, friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson, refused to pay his tax because it was going to help fund the war on…
Despite my many criticisms of Donald Trump, I haven't given up all hope. Between the few good things he's done and the Women's March, I've come to a place of potential loving welcome for this rascal. He's a rascal, but he thinks for himself and can go his own way. He's bold enough to skillfully hide his ordinary bald head with a crown of golden fleece. He has a better hair-do than most women! This shows a can-do spirit of someone who masters his personal…