Faithfully Subversive

Faithfully Subversive April 22, 2010

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Unknown) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:04:00 -0500

Year 5, Episode 16

“Unlike Rick Warren's divine playwright, who chooses all the important events of our lives without our input, and demands that we read the lines without improvisation, the emerging God invites us to be creative partners in the world adventure. Emerging spirituality is about holy relationship with the good earth, with humankind in all its diversity, and with God, who is also making up as God goes along."

~Bruce Epperly

News & Discussion Topics:

Civil Union Lobby Day (more info)
Doubt & Disbelief (more info)
Earth Day (more info)

Music:

Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls
If God Was One of Us - Joan Osbourne
Let It Be - The Beatles
Let The Mystery Be - Iris Dement
My Own Two Hands - Ben Harper
Hallelujah - k.d. lang

Upcoming Local Event: Sex And The Soul: Sexuality & Spirituality, Ralph Anderson Interfaith Dialogues, 7:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2010, Lawson Hall Room 171, SIUC Campus. Moderator: Christy Hamilton.
Presenters: Father Joseph Brown , Dr. Annette Vaillancourt, Imam Abdul Haqq. For more information contact: Hugh Muldoon at Gaia House-Interfaith Center (618) 549-7387 - hugh@ucmsiuc.org
Ken Starbuck at (618) 942-3986 - cubrats@verizon.net. Sponsored by Gaia House-Interfaith Center, SIUC Wellness Center and the Carbondale Interfaith Council.

Faithfully Subversive April 15, 2010

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:23:00 -0500

Year 5, Episode 15

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Faithfully Subversive April 8, 2010

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 8 Apr 2010 11:27:00 -0500

Year 1, Episode 14

News & Discussion Topics:

Happy Easter
Good Friday Rebellion (more info)
Call for a Common Easter Date (more info)
Social Justice Christian PSAs (more info)
Who Represents a Faith? (more info)
Parable from a Progressive Catholic (more info)
Life After Death?

Music:

Rise - Flobots
Get Together - The Youngbloods
Imagine - John Lennon

Faithfully Subversive April 1, 2010

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:11:00 -0500

Year 5, Episode 13

News & Discussion Topics:

Hutaree Christian Militia (more info)
Diplomatic Immunity for Pope? (more info)
Obama Seder (more info)
Maundy Thursday (more info)
Online Marriage Prep (more info)
Judge's Faith Compels Him to Marry Couple Despite Violence (more info)
Muslim Sex Shop (more info)
Glenn Beck and Jim Wallis (more info)

Music:

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition - The Merry Macs
God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
Sex and Religion - Steve Vai
Break Bread Together - Mary and Mark Peterson
The Last Supper - Jesus Christ Superstar

Upcoming Local Events: Maundy Thursday Services

Faithfully Subversive January 18, 2010

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:59:00 -0600

Year 5, Episode 3

News & Discussion Topics:

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (more info)
Churches' Response to Haiti Needs (more info)
Pat Robertson on Haiti's "Pact with the Devil" (more info)
MLK's Guidelines for the Church (more info)

Music:

Song of the Soul - Cris Williamson
Eye to Eye - Amy Grant
In Haiti There is Anguish - Limestone Presbyterian
All Good Naysayers - Sufjan Stevens
Fire in the Church - Halcyon

Upcoming Local Events: MLK Day Recognitions in Southern Illinois, Sunday and Monday (details)

Faithfully Subversive January 11, 2010

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:55:00 -0600

Year 5, Episode 2

Summary Unavailable

Faithfully Subversive January 4, 2010

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:44:00 -0600

Year 5, Episode 1

"Faith is not a political tool. And houses of worship are not appropriate backdrops for government actions. We risk weakening the vitality of religion and the integrity of government when we fail to respect the boundaries between the two."

~Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, after Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty signed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage (which Gaddy supported) inside All Souls (Unitarian-Universalist) Church in Washington

News & Discussion Topics:

Christmas and New Year
Pay What You Can Cafe (more info)

Music:

Turn Turn Turn - Edens Bridge
Let It Ring - Amy Ray
Man In Black - Johnny Cash
Why is Your Heaven So Small - Susan Werner
If You Eat Each Day - Brian Sircchio
Turn Turn Turn - The Byrds

Faithfully Subversive December 28, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Unknown) — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:25:00 -0600

Year 4, Episode 51

“In the ruins of ancient Israel for example, you find periods of time where the artifacts show a relative equality, a relative time of economic sharing. Interestingly, during those times there are no prophets. When they dig down into other periods where the artifacts show a tremendous division, with big mansions and small shacks, that's when the prophets rise up to thunder the judgment and justice of God. So the biblical lesson here is that God doesn't mind prosperity as long as it's shared. And the principle of Biblical economy is, there is enough if we share it, and when we don't, God gets mad.”

~Jim Wallis, Parliament of the World's Religions, 2009

News & Discussion Topics:

Religion Finds Home On IPhones, Social Networks (more info)
U.K. Priest Defends Sermon Condoning Shoplifting (more info)
Was Jesus Wealthy? (more info)
Prosperity Gospel is 'Bad Theology' - Jim Wallis & Paul Raushenbush speaking at the Parliament of the World's Religions 2009

Music:

Talking About a Revolution - Tracy Chapman
It's a Crime to Be Broke in America (edited) - Spearhead
Lord, Help the Poor and Needy- Cat Power
Equal Rights- Peter Tosh

Upcoming Local Event: Parliament Slideshow & Dinner @ 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8. First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 306 W. Monroe, Carbondale. Local delegates to the 2009 Parliament of the World Religions in Melbourne, Australia will host this dinner and give a slideshow presentation of their trip. Please RSVP to cdaleinterfaith@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

Faithfully Subversive December 21, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:51:00 -0600

Year 4, Episode 50

"Rabbi Shimon ben Gamaliel, sent his servant to the market to buy some good food. The servant returned with tongue. Then he sent him to buy some bad food and again he returned with tongue. Rabbi Shimon asked, why when asked to bring 'good' and 'bad' food, he brought the same tongue? The servant replied: 'It is the source of good and evil. When it is good, there is nothing better, when it is bad there is nothing worse.'"

~Rabbi Robert H. Loewy,
regarding a Faith Statement on Public Discourse

News & Discussion Topics:

Billboard of Joseph and Mary in Bed (more info)
Mary as a Pro-Choice Figure (more info)
Creche and Menorah Removed Due to Lack of Funds for Fight (more info)
Oral Roberts Death (more info)
Top Religion Stories of 2009 (more info)
Protestant Clergy on Islam (more info)
An Interfaith Statement on Public Discourse (more info)
Religious Freedom Around the World (more info)
Sex Offender Law Prevented Worship (more info)

Music:

Give This Christmas Away - Amy Grant and Matthew West
Put the Lights on the Tree - Sufjan Stevens
Joseph and Mary's Boy - Alabama
Holy War - Brooks & Dunn
War is Over - John Lennon
Sister Winter - Sufjan Stevens

Upcoming Local Events:

"In Respect of Sacred Space" observance in response to theft/vandalism of houses of worship throughout the region. Tuesday 12/22/2009, 5 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Carbondale

Carbondale Christmas Eve Services -
Church of the Good Shepherd (UCC) 5 pm
First Christian Church (DOC) 7 pm
Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship (UU) 7 pm
First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) 7 pm
First United Methodist Church (UMC) 7 and 11 pm

Faithfully Subversive December 14, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:39:00 -0600

Year 4, Episode 49

Information about this show will be posted shortly.

Faithfully Subversive December 7, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:41:00 -0600

Year 4, Episode 48

"Each celebration has its own nuances and complexities, but each has a sense of joy and happiness. By recognizing that others are celebrating in their own way a season of joy needn’t take away from our own sense of celebration."

~Rev. Bob Cornwall re: the "War on Christmas"

News & Discussion Topics:

Gays and Heaven - A Politician's View (more info)
Gays and Heaven - A Cardinal's View (more info)
Rick Warren and Ugandan Legislation (more info)
Episcopalians Elect Lesbian Bishop (more info)
MA Clergy and Same-Sex Marriage (more info)
Gay Christmas Carols (more info)
"Christmas Hater" Steals Kettle (more info)
Immigrant Needs and the Salvation Army (more info)
Do You Know Your Christmas Story? (more info)
"War on Christmas" Commentary (more info)
Church Pays Parking Tickets (more info)

Music:

Coming Out at Christmas - London Gay Men's Chorus
_______________ - Barenaked Ladies
Joy - Billy Jonas

Faithfully Subversive November 30, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:15:00 -0600

Year 4, Episode 47

"The problem with seeking unity among religions is the risk of loss of the unique and precious character of each individual religious and spiritual tradition; this understanding is key to our framework. Interreligious harmony, on the other hand, is an attainable and highly desirable goal. Such an approach respects, and is enriched by, the particularities of each tradition. Moreover, within each tradition are the resources (philosophical, theological and spiritual teachings and perspectives) that enable each to enter into respectful, appreciative and cooperative relationships with persons and communities of other traditions."

~The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions

News & Discussion Topics:

Start of Advent (more info)
Church Apologizes to Native American Tribe (more info)
The Parliament of the World's Religions (more info)
Carbondale's Parliament Connections (more info)

Music:

O Come O Come Emmanuel - Enya
Drums - Johnny Cash
Sufis Whirl - Kirtana
The Christians and the Pagans - Dar Williams

Faithfully Subversive October 26, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:36:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 42

"I will no longer seek to slow down the witness to inclusiveness by pretending that there is some middle ground between prejudice and oppression."

~Bishop Shelby Spong

News & Discussion Topics:

Bribing People to Church? (more info)
Vatican Embrace of [anti-gay, anti-woman] Anglicans (more info)
Church of Sweden Blessing Same-Sex Marriages (more info)
Spong Refuses to Debate Any Longer (more info)
Buddhist Military Chapel (more info)
Atheist Schisms (more info)
Halloween Bible Burning (more info)

Music:

Werewolf Bar Mitzvah - 30Rock and Tracy Jordan
Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton
This is Halloween - Danny Elfman
The Humans are Dead - Flight of the Conchords
Grim Grinning Ghosts - Bare Naked Ladies

Faithfully Subversive October 19, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:07:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 41

"Love in truth — caritas in veritate — is a great challenge for the Church in a world that is becoming progressively and pervasively globalized. The risk for our time is that the de facto interdependence of people and nations is not matched by ethical interaction of consciences and minds that would give rise to truly human development. "

~Pope Benedict XVI

News & Discussion Topics:

Greed, the Economy & Religion (see event info below)
Progressive Christian curriculum in the works (more info)
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (more info)

Music:

Rainbow - Jack Johnson
You, Me & the Bourgeoisie - The Submarines
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Paul Robeson
Let My People Go - Paul Robeson
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Upcoming Local Events:

- Greed, the Economy & Religion 2: Interfaith Dialogue, 7:30 p.m. Monday, October 19, 2009 - First Presbyterian Church (more info)

- Interfaith Human Rights Celebration: “God’s Wisdom Honors Children and Youth” 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 , Carbondale Civic Center. Contact: 549-7193 (more info)

- Marion Blumenthal Lazan, Holocaust Survivor, will speak at the First Methodist Church, 214 W. Main, Carbondale, Tuesday, Oct 20 at 7 p.m. (more info)

- “Concert of Caring” featuring Elisabeth von Trapp, granddaughter of the famous Maria and Baron von Trapp whose story inspired The Sound of Music, 7 p.m. Sunday, October 25, Epiphany Lutheran Church in Carbondale. (more info)

- “Theology on Tap” 5 p.m. Tuesdays at Underground pub on the island. (more info)

Faithfully Subversive October 12, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:48:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 40

News & Discussion Topics:

Coming Out Day and National Equality March (more info)
Media Representation of Church Support for Marriage Equality (more info)
Local Community Radio Act (more info)
Conservatives Rewriting the Bible (more info)

Music:

All My Trials - Paul McCartney
Out in the Open - Amy Grant
Faggot - MeShell NdegeOcello
Ain't Necessarily So - Marion Ross
Follow Me - Bryan Sirchio

Faithfully Subversive Sept. 28, 2009

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Year 4, Episode 39

"Almost every single family in that country (Iraq) has lost somebody, kidnapped or murdered. I've visited refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, and they're living on the edge in those places, really forgotten. We worked really hard to influence the administration to have an official response (to the persecution of religious minorities). Terrible things have happened to that population as a result of U.S. action. It wasn't the intent of the U.S. to do that, but the consequences nevertheless have fallen on these poor people. Therefore we have a moral responsibility to come to their assistance."

~The Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick, who co-chaired the Coalition to Save Iraqi Christians

News & Discussion Topics:

Our guest was the Rev. Dr. Keith Roderick. The new rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Carbondale is also Secretary General of the Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights and comes to us from his most recent post as the representative for Christian Solidarity International in Washington, D.C. Father Roderick discussed the Darfur genocide and Sudanese Civil War, the state of religious minorities in the Middle East, and the connection between religious persecution and torture. He offered some guidelines for ways the average person can help, such as petitioning legislators to take a stand, writing to those imprisoned, providing care packages for internally displaced people, and sponsoring a church or family in affected areas. To learn more, contact Fr. Roderick at the Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights, cdhr@dhimmi.com or father.roderick@gmail.com, (618) 364-7102. St. Andrews Episcopal Church is at 402 W. Mill St.

Music:

Deliver Us - Prince of Egypt Soundtrack
If God Will Send His Angels - U2
The Call - Regina Spektor

Upcoming Local Event: “Torture & Accountability – Where Do We Go From Here?” Ralph Anderson Interfaith Dialogue, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 at The View Baptist Church, 1201 S. Giant City Rd., Carbondale. Civil Rights attorney Richard Whitney will make the initial presentation with responses from the panel, the Rev. Sam Foskey representing Christianity, Imam Abdul Haqq representing Islam, and Steve Lowe representing Judaism. Comments and questions from the audience will be encouraged. The dialogues are sponsored by the Carbondale Interfaith Council. Everyone is welcome and attendance is free. Contact Ken Starbuck for more information: e-mail (cubrats@verizon.net) or phone 942-3986.

Faithfully Subversive June 11, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:20:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 23

News & Discussion Topics:

Interview with Rebecca Turner - Full (more info)

Music:

Hello Birmingham - Lana De Angelis

Faithfully Subversive June 4, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:32:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 22

News & Discussion Topics:

Interview with Rebecca Turner - Part 1 (more info)

Music:

Hello Birmingham - Ani Difranco

Faithfully Subversive May 28, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:46:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 28

News & Discussion Topics:

Liberty Univ. Cuts Off Democrats (more info)
Prop 8 Clergy Response (more info)
Scripture Misuse and the Military (more info)

Music:

Rise - The Flobots
Handlebars - The Flobots
There's a War Going On For Your Mind - The Flobots

Faithfully Subversivey May 21, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:23:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 21

News & Discussion Topics:

Churches Support Community Radio (more info)
Fossil Find (more info)

Music:

On the Seven - Erin Corday
These Are Days - 10,000 Maniacs
Handwriting of God - Nancy Abrams

Faithfully Subversive May 14, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:23:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 20

News & Discussion Topics:

Local Churches' Response to Storm
Religious People Better Citizens? (more info)
Church Opposition to Torture (more info)
Jesus in Jeans (more info)

Music:

Hammer and Nail - Indigo Girls
If You Eat Each Day - Bryan Sirchio
Any Way You Need Her - Nedra Johnson

Faithfully Subversive May 7, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 7 May 2009 19:33:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 19

News & Discussion Topics:

Music:

Faithfully Subversive April 30, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:20:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 18

News & Discussion Topics:

Music:

Faithfully Subversive April 23, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:03:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 17

News & Discussion Topics:

Interfaith Earth Week Interviews

Faithfully Subversive April 16, 2009

faithfullysubversive@gmail.com (Virginia) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:23:00 -0500

Year 4, Episode 16

News & Discussion Topics:

UCC and the "Conscience Clause" (more info)
Disciples of Christ and Condoms (more info)
Obama's Faith Based Council (more info)
The President's Pluralism (more info)

Music:

Sweet Cherry Wine - Tommy James and The Shondells
Gaia - James Taylor

Upcoming Local Event: INTERFAITH EARTH WEEK - MANY FAITHS, ONE EARTH: Interfaith Earth Week Opening Ceremony Saturday, April 18, 1 p.m., Carbondale Town Square Pavilion Sowing seeds of faith, compassion, and commitment for the restoration of the earth, individuals from ten religious traditions will share brief prayers and meditations related to the theme, “Make a World of Difference: Hearing Each Other, Healing the Earth.” See complete schedule at www.cdaleinterfaith.org.