Episodes
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
From a Texas Prison to an Unknown Sea , Work - Part Two
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Resource materials for Part I and Part II are listed with the entry for Part I, found below, dated August 5th.
Added resource for Part II
Book:
Isay, David, and Maya Millett. Callings: the Purpose and Passion of Work. New York: Penguin Books, 2017.
Music:
Neva Reece, Don't Fear the Night, from the album, Images
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
From a Texas Prison to an Unknown Sea, Work - Part One
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Exploring the spectrum of hard labor to inspired work, and the times they overlap.
Work - from a Texas prison to an Unknown Sea.
Website source: Inmate Labor in Texas, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Frequently Asked Questions
Sources listed are for Part I and II.
Articles:
- From the Harvard Business Review, What job crafting looks like
- CBS What make people happy at work?
- New York Times Opinion Piece by Barry Schwartz, Rethinking Work
Papers for the Scholars
- PDF, What is Job Crafting and Why Does it Matters
- Wrzesniewski, Amy, and Jane E. Dutton. "Crafting a Job: Revisioning Employees as Active Crafters of Their Work." The Academy of Management Review 26, no. 2 (2001): 179-201. Accessed August 3, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/259118.
Book
Whyte, D. (2002). Crossing the unknown sea: Work as a pilgrimage of identity. New York: Riverhead Books.
Music
- Merle Travis, 16 Tons This version includes storytelling/narration by Merle Travis about the plight of coal miners. Merle Travis is the original songwriter.
- Library of Congress, The Hammer Song
- Tennessee Ernie Ford, 16 Tons
- ZZtop and Jeff Beck, 16 Tons "Dedicated to the other 98%”
- Chris Sand, Trucker Man from the album, American Roadtrip.
- LaVon Hardison, Should I Stay, or Should I Go
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
All About the Breath
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Breath and Breathing - so basic and fundamental - Who would have guessed that it could have been even more significant in our daily lives? Reflections on meditation, scripture and science - plus music! Please subscribe in the sidebar.
As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. Job 27:3-4 (ESV)
Sources:
- Information on Mayo Clinic’s Mindful Breathing Laboratory
- Mayo Clinic Stress Management through Breathing
- Hyperventilation: Causes and What to do
- NPR Interview with James Nestor on his book Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
- Maslow's Theory Connected to Blackfoot Beliefs, with quote by Cindy Blackstone
Sound images from:
- Breath on me Breath of God
- Pink Floyd Breathe
- Willie Nelson Just Breathe
- Nicole Binion This is the air I breathe
- Mercedes Sosa singing Violeta Parra’s Gracias a la Vida
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Creativity, Neuroplasticity, the Spirit... and Stress
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Exploring the relationship between a new mind and heart, the growth potential of the brain, and the creative process....with music!
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“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV)
Links to References and Sources:
- New York, Georgia, Singers, and Willis James. Jesus Touched Me. Fort Valley, Georgia, June-July, 1943. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/ftvbib000020/.
- Source of Charles Limb quote: The Neuroscience of Art: What are the sources of creativity and innovation?
- Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy Suite
- Pentatonic concepts Performed by Alex Machacek
- Drexel University. "Where in the brain does creativity come from? Evidence from jazz musicians." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200331130104.htm (accessed July 20, 2020).
- What is brain plasticity and why is it so important?
- The Neuroscience of Creativity: A Q & A with Anna Abraham
- How trauma rewires the brain
- Protect your Brain from Stress
- Hello in 10 Different Languages, Babbel
- Five Essential Major Jazz Licks
- Joni Mitchell - Help Me from her Court and Spark album.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
The Psalms and The Blues
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
The Blues have a lot in common with the Complaint or Lament Psalms as they are called. These are a response to injustice and sometimes an expression of downright depression. The scholars who study scripture say that all the laments and complaints in the book of Psalms are to let people know that God wants to hear the anger and pain. It doesn't have to stay hidden. So, read a psalm or sing the blues - or both. It's good medicine. A resource on this topic can be found in the article linked here.
Resources and Links for this podcast:
- Brown, William, and Alan Lomax. Mississippi Blues. Library of Congress, 1962. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200197173/
- Charlie Patton, Oh, Death
- Guardian article on Native Influence on Blues and Rock and Roll for background on Charlie Patton and Link Wray
- Pura Fe Biography -
- Pura Fe, Red, Black on Blues
- Link Wray Rumble
- KoKo Tayler, I’ma Woman
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Scriptural references from the New International Version
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
A Thumbnail Sketch: History of So. Indiana
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Imagine a tree in the forest for over 400 years. What has happened around it in that time?
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- Honoring Nations: Miami Tribe of OklahomaAt the National Congress of American Indians 2018 Annual Convention, Honoring Nations Awards. NOTE: The Miami singers heard early in the podcast are members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. The song came from this Youtube video where the significance of the song is explained more fully.
- Thornton Old Regular Baptist Church Congregation. Amazing Grace. (Though the early Quakers were often silent, the Quakers of this region were generally programmed, and had singing. This recording is of a Baptist Church in Kentucky, with vocal tones and themes similar to those found in Quaker Meetings of Southern Indiana.)
- Morris, Lulu, Herbert Halpert, and McCreasy McKissick. The United States Needs Prayer, Everywhere. Recorded in an African Methodist Episcopalian Church, 1939
- Indiana Info on Paddy's Garden/Little Africa/Lick Creek African American Settlement
- Lindley House, History related to the early Quaker settlers of Orange County, Indiana
- History of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
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We've Come this far by Faith, by the Voices of Hope
Monday May 25, 2020
Four Reflections on Limitations and Light
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This first podcast explores some of the feelings we are confronted with at this time of isolation and restricted activities, loss and dreams deferred, angels in disquise and being a light - - one reflection shares a similar experience through the lens of a hymn writer from the 1800's. (Hit the button above to FOLLOW this podcast!)
Did you hear something you want to explore further?
- Chautauqua movement - More info here.
- Ina Duley Ogden, Hymn composer, list of works
- Ina Duley Ogden, Obituary
- Brighten the Corner Where You Are - Burl Ives Traditional Version
- Brighten the Corner Where You Are - a version from Africa - Rofhiwa-Mafumo Mathelemusa
- Carl Jung Letter
- Translations of Hebrews 13: "... entertaining angels unawares..."
- This version of Keep your Lamp Trimmed and Burnin' available on Napster, iTunes and other platforms - from the SPIRIT album, by Neva Reece.
Monday May 25, 2020
Bonus Episode - A Hyena Story of the Maragoli People
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Chagala Stanley Ngesa relates a story of his people, the Maragoli people of Kenya. Hyena is a great helper, but he has one fatal flaw!