Bryce Black is a whimsical and profound singer/songwriter from the Chippewa Valley. His day job as LoTec Windmills provides him with time to turn the events of every day into verse and then into song. Bryce is Lutheran raised and Quaker enduring, with a trip through Evangelical Christian circles along the way, but mostly he's an original.
A "field trip" to an environmentally friendly model home near Waupaca, Wisconsin, built by A-A Exteriors, including a discussion of a number of technical options.
If you care to visit the model home, click here for directions.
Music featured on this program includes:
We Will Build This House - Sally Rogers
Power - Holly Near
G-Gee It’s Warm Out Here - Peter Alsop
Bryce Black, Timothy James Young and Yata teamed up in a concert bursting at the seams with Spirit on May 10, 2008, held at Unity Christ Center.
Derek Lamson is a bluesy, spiritual, free-wheelin' kind of guy with a sure sense of the ministry he's been called to. His music talks of the joy he's attained, but also of his struggles, like those with addiction and divorce.
Mary Rose O'Reilley is an author, a contemplative and an activist. Author of (at least) 6 books and many more publications, she lives with a concern for the kind of centerness which allows us to live fruitfully and faithfully in the world.
Charlie King has been performing music since he was four, eventually finding a home with folk music. A lifelong Roman (or roaming) Catholic, he morphed from a Goldwater supporter in 1964 to an anti-war protester by 1967, and he's been an outspoken voice for peace and justice ever since.
In honor of Earth Day 2008, your host shares his own Song of the Soul as regards the music that speaks of his deepening connection and commitment to Care of Creation. Starting with music from the first Earth Day, in 1970, up to the present, Mark speaks of the layers of insight and understanding which have made Earth Day his "most valued holiday".
Jonathan Lutz is a musician and choir leader of diverse talents and with deep spiritual reflection. Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, he's lived in Finland, at Europe's northern rim, for the past 30 years where he's part of a very small Quaker meeting.