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Spirit Afoot at the MREA's Energy & Sustainable Living Fair - Part 2Snapshot visits at this year's Energy fair, including Stan Gruszynski keynote, Steve Mellenthin, Mike Miles of Anathoth, music by Pine Wilson & Kevin Soucie, Community Homestead visitors, Ned Boyles workshop on Reality 101, exhibitors TS Designs, Tall Grass Bioneers, SonLight Power and Lake Michigan Wind & Sun, and part of Judith Levine's keynote on her "Not Buying It" book.
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Katherine Kocs' Song of the Soul

Katherine Kocs was forced to retire prematurely from her job in social work because of a life-threatening medical condition, but not before creating Wisconsin's ground-breaking Bullying Prevention program. Raised Catholic, Katherine now finds her spirituality through activism.

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Spirit Afoot at the MREA's Energy & Sustainable Living Fair 2007 - Part 1The Midwest Renewable Energy Association Energy Fair is an amazing event, rich in speakers, workshops, vendors, music and more than 16,000 attenders. I went with an ear for the voice of the Spirit - and heard PLENTY. A collage of many folks who took part, as I roamed around the fair grounds on June 15-17, 2007.
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Marcus Borg, Author of Meeting Jesus Again For the First TimeMarcus Borg is a renowned author of numerous books on various aspects of Christianity and a view radically different from those who uncritically approach religion as a one-size-fits-all straight jacket. His thought and teaching require no suspension of our minds, but offer an invitation to an encounter the universal Spirit in a personal and transformative way.
photo of Jon Watts sitting on the grass on a sunny day, playing guitar and singing
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Jon Watt's Song of the Soul

Jon Watts is a 'Young Friend' - a Quaker in the 18-35 age range - and he's found a passion and a ministry through his music.

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Joe Fahey's Song of the Soul

Joe has 2 CD's out as part of a band named Carp 18 and has one solo album of his own. He's Catholic-raised and has found a niche helping the teens of St Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Minneapolis with their youth band.

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Peterson Toscano - Ex-gay SurvivorPeterson's born-again experience at the age of 17 catapulted him into the world of Evangelical Christianity, good except that Peterson was, and is, gay. After 17 years of attempting to become "ex-gay", he finally had to accept his reality and seek healing and wholeness. Through his theatrical and stand-up comedy pieces like "Doin' Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House" and other work, Peterson has become a leading proponent of the Ex-gay Survivor Movement/Beyond Ex-gay.
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International Peace Observatory in ColombiaKelly has served one year in Colombia, South America, as part of the International Peace Observatory (IPO), and is heading back now for further volunteer service doing human rights accompaniment. She shares stories "from the ground" in Colombia, the people, the violence and the causes.
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Amy Chabot's Song of the Soul

Amy has a deep connection to Spirit and to living out her Catholic faith. She traveled for a year with National Evangelization Team (NET) Ministries following high school, spent 5 months living in a Carmelite monastery, and is headed to Catholic Theological Union for a Masters of Divinity this fall. AND she was a Religious Studies major (and Spanish minor) - not to mention her service as a Certified Nursing Assistant, work that allows her to pass on the care and blessing of God's presence in her life.

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David Howard's Song of the Soul

Born and raised in the South, between Georgia & Texas, David's spiritual path has taken him from the traditional Christianity (Baptist/Methodist/Presbyterian) through 12 Step experiences to New Thought Churches (Unity & Religious Science). Through it all, music was a perversive and Spirit-livening part of David's process.