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In 2023, book club event listings grew 24% over the prior year according to the ticketing platform Eventbrite. Celebrities like Reese Witherspoon and RuPaul are among the celebrities who have launched their own book clubs. This hour, we hear about these new communities of readers, and how the influence of BookTok and BookStagram factors. We're joined by one Silent Book Club chapter taking off in New Haven, and a shoreline-area business owner arranging “Blind Dates with a Book.” Plus, Anthony Bagley founded “Black Kidds Read Too” in his hometown. GUESTS: Britt Rivera: Content Creator; Founder, Silent Book Club New Haven Anthony "Da Kidd PG" Bagley: CEO and Founder, A Kidd From New Haven Alyssa Korzon: Co-Owner, Bookish Babes and Brews Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meditation and contemplative prayer may help people take a break from the drama in their lives, and be a balm to polarization in our society. Those are just two of several takeaways from this special episode of Deacons Pod featuring Fr. Laurence Freeman, OSB, a Benedictine monk and director of the World Community for Christian Meditation. Their conversation includes details on teaching meditation to children. ABOUT THE SHOW: Deacons Pod is a podcast for everyone. But, it's especially created to inspire and give hope to people on the “threshold of faith”: Those who are thinking about going to Church and those who are thinking about leaving Church. Deacons Pod is hosted by the Paulist Deacon affiliates. The podcast is a production of the Paulist Fathers. More at deaconspod.com

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Excerpt from A Memorial to be Addressed to the House of Bishops and the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church in General Convention (October 1940): “The term Internationalism has been popularized in recent years to cover an interlocking financial, political, and economic world force for the purpose of establishing a World Government. Today Internationalism is heralded from pulpit and platform as a ‘League of Nations' or a ‘Federated Union' to which the United States must surrender a definite part of its National Sovereignty. The World Government plan is being advocated under such alluring names as the ‘New International Order,' ‘The New World Order,' ‘World Union Now,' ‘World Commonwealth of Nations,' ‘World Community,' etc. All the terms have the same objective; however, the line of approach may be religious or political according to the taste or training of the individual.” Watch my new film The Overseers for FREE https://rumble.com/v3rxdi7-the-overseers-cult-of-the-medics-chapter-x.html My site: https://www.dwtruthwarrior.com Donations: https://www.cultofthemedics.com/donate.html

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Az interjú szerkesztett, átírt, magyar nyelvű változata ide kattintva érhető el. A mai műsor rendhagyó, mert angolul közöljük, és csak egy témánk van. Vendégünk Michael L. Gross, a Haifai Egyetem professzora, akinek kutatási területei közé tartozik a hadijog és a nemzetközi humanitárius jog. Az interjúban egyebek mellett kérdezzük arról, hogy milyen implikációi vannak a nemzetközi jognak a jelenlegi konfliktus tekintetében, hogy milyen katonai válasz fogadható el Izrael részéről a Hamász támadására, de szó lesz arról is, hogy a nemzetközi jogban harcos-e egy terrorista, valamint hogy a palesztin területek izraeli megszállása és blokádja indokolhat-e olyan tetteket, amiket a Hamász október 7-én hajtott végre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Michael Mann discusses "Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis" on Perry World House webinar. "Gagged and grief-stricken, but not without hope"; "Chevron to Acquire Hess for $53 Billion in Latest Major Oil Deal"; "Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California's Climate Laws to the World"; "‘All I can think about is the sun': How workers are coping with California's heat wave"; "Editorial:  Extreme heat puts workers in danger. California needs to help them now"; "AI risk must be treated as seriously as climate crisis, says Google DeepMind chief"; "Baltimore church becomes an extreme weather ‘resiliency hub'"; "Global fossil fuel subsidies double as 2023 expected to be hottest in 100,000 years"; "Proposed NSW windfarm ‘fast growing into a national scandal', says Peter Dutton"; "Queensland government promises an electric vehicle charger every 150 kilometres across the state"; "Accelerating switch to renewables could put fossil fuel peak in sight this decade: International Energy Agency"; "Water restrictions predicted for Sydney as likely hot El Niño summer raises ‘red flags'"; "Goldmine assessed as low heritage risk is on a sacred songline, Wiradyuri elders say"; "Fires, floods and storms: It's been a big start to Victorian spring and wildlife injuries are rising"; "Accelerating switch to renewables could put fossil fuel peak in sight this decade: International Energy Agency"; "Engineering students join forces to save the planet of Gondwana"; "Understanding the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 5 charts"; "Brown, red, black, riceberry – what are these white rice alternatives, and are they actually healthier?"; "Pushing water uphill: Snowy 2.0 was a bad idea from the start. Let's not make the same mistake again"; "Valleys in Antarctica haven't seen sunlight for over 14 million years, but that may change"; "Fossil Fuels Aren't Going Anywhere"; "Energy Agency Sees Peaks in Global Oil, Coal and Gas Demand by 2030"; "The momentum of the solar energy transition"; "How the Israel-Hamas War Imperils Action Against Global Warming"; "A Glimpse Into Spain's Future, Where Water Comes by Truck, Not Tap"; "An Oil Giant Quietly Ditched the World's Biggest Carbon Capture Plant"; "The clean-energy transition is ‘unstoppable,' IEA says"; "Classifying Heat Waves Will Help People Better Understand Their Dangers"; "Earth's Latest ‘Vital Signs' Show the Planet Is in Crisis"; "U.S. Heat Deaths Will Soar as the Climate Crisis Worsens"; "Australia will need more volunteers to fight the climate onslaught". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message

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Episode 86 or Episode 5 of Season 2 Guest: Rev. Stuart Higginbotham, Episcopal Priest serving Grace Episcopal Church in Gainsville, Georgia. http://www.gracechurchgainesville.org. Full Bio below   Author of The Heart of a Calling     News Commend to you the work of Dr. Martin Shaw. Martin is a storyteller and author. https://drmartinshaw.com Stephen Jenkinson. He is a former Hospice and Palliative Care director in Toronto, Canada. Grief & Mystery. https://orphanwisdom.com Dr. Fanny Brewster has a new book out titled Race and the Unconscious: An Africanist Depth Psychology Perspective on Dreaming  August 4, 2023 Book Launch https://www.pacifica.edu/pacifica-news/dr-fanny-brewster-book-launch/ Personal Updates On Wednesday evening, September 13, I'll be joined by local musician Mike Bussey for an evening called “Songs and Stories of Weird Wisdom.” Cross Mills Library in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Write me at jim@jameshazelwood.net My Weekly Newsletter with an Essay on Mysticism and Psychology https://jameshazelwood.substack.com/   Poem by William Stafford The Way it Is There's a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn't change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can't get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer and get old. Nothing you do can stop time's unfolding. You don't ever let go of the thread.     Stuart's Bio I began my cure as rector of Grace in early January 2014, after serving as Senior Associate at St. Benedict's in Smyrna, Georgia, for over five years. Working with the entire leadership team at Grace, I have a particular passion for the intersection of contemplative practices and congregational development. Grace is an extraordinary community of nearly one thousand souls, and I feel blessed to live and pray among them as we prepare to celebrate our Bicentennial in 2028. I also serve as Assistant Professor in the Practice of Spiritual Formation and Ministry at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. At Candler, I focus on the contextual education of the Episcopal and Anglican seminarians, exploring the dynamics of congregational life in a “laboratory of spiritual imagination.” Candler School of Theology Anglican/Episcopal Studies Program My broader work as a priest, teacher, retreat leader, and author is grounded in the Christian contemplative tradition. I continue to share in ongoing conversations with friends from the New Contemplative Exchange, a fellowship first gathered by Thomas Keating, Richard Rohr, Tilden Edwards, and Laurence Freeman at St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado in August 2017. Since that time, I contributed to and co-edited the volume Contemplation and Community: A Gathering of Fresh Voices for a Living Tradition (Crossroad, 2019) and am the author of The Heart of a Calling: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness in Congregational Ministry (Crossroad, 2021). Before “church life,” I studied in the pre-med program at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas (B.S. in Biology, summa cum laude), and I did my initial theological studies at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia (M.Div, honors in spiritual formation). I also completed a certificate in Anglican Studies and the Doctor of Ministry degree from the School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee. With the global contemplative community, I have worked with the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, the World Community for Christian Meditation, Contemplative Outreach, the Candler School of Theology, Mepkin Abbey, and others. As well, I continue my practice and research into the connections between the Christian contemplative tradition and the Tibetan/Himalayan Buddhism, and I have a deep appreciation for the intersection of poetry and contemplative practice. My wife, Lisa, and I have one daughter, Evelyn. We both grew up in Southeastern Arkansas, in the Mississippi Delta, with fried catfish, sweet tea, and mosquitoes the size of small birds.                      https://contemplativereformation.blog   Host: James Hazelwood   James Hazelwood, author, bishop, and spiritual companion, is the author of Weird Wisdom for the Second Half of Life and Everyday Spirituality: Discover a Life of Hope, Peace, and Meaning. His website is www.jameshazelwood.net  

Pater Max Egli SMB wurde 1943 in Kirchberg (SG) geboren und verbrachte dort seine Kindheit. Nach Abschluss des Gymnasiums in Immensee trat er 1963 in das Noviziat der Missionsgesellschaft Bethlehem Immensee ein. Anschliessend studierte er Theologie in Schöneck und Luzern und wurde im Jahr 1971 zum Priester geweiht. Nach einem Sprachaufenthalt in England begab er sich als Missionar nach Südamerika, wo er bis 2012 in verschiedenen Ländern und Gemeinden tätig war. Seit seiner Rückkehr in die Schweiz arbeitet er als priesterlicher Mitarbeiter in der Pfarrei Reussbühl (LU). In einem persönlichen Gespräch erzählt Pater Max Egli, wie er in Südamerika erstmals mit der Befreiungstheologie in Berührung kam und sich für die Benachteiligten engagierte. Sein Einsatz für die Unterdrückten in den Anden stiess jedoch auf Missfallen bei der marxistischen Terrorgruppe «Leuchtender Pfad», was eine akute Bedrohung für sein Leben darstellte. Diese Erfahrung beeinflusste seinen Glauben massgeblich. Nach seiner Flucht widmete er sich einem Sabbat-Jahr und entdeckte dabei die Praxis der Zen-Meditation. Die Erfahrung von Einfachheit und Stille liess ihn nicht mehr los, wodurch er eine regelmässige Meditationspraxis etablierte. Heute praktiziert Pater Max im Stil der Weltgemeinschaft für christliche Meditation (WCCM). Er erläutert, wie diese Form der Meditation funktioniert, wie er sie persönlich erlebt und wie sich dadurch sein Gottesbild verändert hat. Inhalt 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:47 Biographie 00:03:33 Motivation, Priester zu werden 00:11:09 Art der Mission und Anfänge in Peru 00:26:53 Arbeit in terrorismusversehrten Andendörfern 00:34:18 Vor dem Volksgericht des Leuchtenden Pfads 00:41:44 Begegnung mit der Zen-Meditation 00:48:28 Anleitungen für die christliche Meditation 00:55:52 Katholische Kirche und Zen, geht das? 01:00:40 World Community of Christian Meditation 01:11:13 Meditation als eigentliches Gebet 01:16:03 Veränderung des Gottesbilds durch Meditation 01:18:19 Wünsche für die Zukunft

Jennifer reports back from the recent World Community Development Conference in Darwin (on Larrakia country), and Jacques and Jennifer discuss some of the conference themes about ways of doing community work. Drawing from the conference, they also talk about what community work can and should be aimed at. Examples are given of different community projects, including indigenous-led and rural-based ones.

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This episode is an excerpt of a past Science & Wisdom LIVE dialogue, 'The Journey from the Mind to the Heart'.Listen to the full episode: https://www.sciwizlive.com/podcast/the-journey-from-the-mind-to-the-heart-an-interview-with-fr-laurence-freeman-osb/Subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.sciwizlive.com/Father Laurence Freeman OSB is a Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk of Monastery of Sta Maria di Pilastrello, in Italy, and the Director of the World Community for Christian Meditation.After completing his studies in theology at the Universite de Montreal and at McGill University, he made his solemn monastic profession in 1979 and was ordained to priesthood in 1980. Together with his spiritual teacher, Fr John Main, he helped to establish Christian Meditation Centres in London and Montreal.After the death of John Main, he continued teaching meditation, and in 1991 returned to England to establish the International Centre of the newly formed World Community for Christian Meditation, which is now present in more than a hundred countries.Author of numerous articles and books on meditation and Christianity, he joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama for a series of dialogues, which inspired the book ‘A Good Heart'.Before entering monastic life, Fr. Laurence studied English Literature at New College, Oxford University, and worked with the United Nations in New York.

Rev. John T. Crestwell Jr. today explores what peace, liberty, and justice for all mean in light of current events. Evelyn Curran gives a reflection on the sixth principle. Delivered November 20th, 2022.

In our news wrap Tuesday, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy suggested he is open to peace talks with Russia and urged the world community to force Moscow into real negotiations, Iran's judiciary announced more than 1,000 people in Tehran Province alone have been indicted amid anti-government protests and the winning ticket for a record $2 billion Powerball drawing was sold in California. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Tuesday, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy suggested he is open to peace talks with Russia and urged the world community to force Moscow into real negotiations, Iran's judiciary announced more than 1,000 people in Tehran Province alone have been indicted amid anti-government protests and the winning ticket for a record $2 billion Powerball drawing was sold in California. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Tuesday, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy suggested he is open to peace talks with Russia and urged the world community to force Moscow into real negotiations, Iran's judiciary announced more than 1,000 people in Tehran Province alone have been indicted amid anti-government protests and the winning ticket for a record $2 billion Powerball drawing was sold in California. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Ban Wang discusses his article "The Clash of Civilization and World Community: The West and China," from Telos 199 (Summer 2022).

In his last words to the community of migrant Jesus-followers, James lays out a surprising recipe for survival in an unjust and difficult world: open, authentic, vulnerable community.

Today we conclude our study in the letter of James. After all the topics he has handled in the letter, he zooms in on the community of Jesus-followers and suggests to them that it is only in open, honest, vulnerable community and friendship that they can survive the world in which they find themselves.

James concludes his letter by zooming in on the community of Jesus-followers and suggesting to them that the only way they can survive the in hospitable world in which they find themselves is with open, authentic and vulnerable community.

I'm thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Dorothy A. Martin- Neville, Ph.D., a powerful visionary, who is also a pioneer, mover, and risk-taker who is faith and humor-driven as well as committed to transformation and growth. Dr. Dorothy's story is incredibly inspirational and you'll connect immediately to the warmth and humor she exudes as she tells her story of resilience after growing up in an orphanage from birth till age 3 as an illegitimate daughter of an unwed mother in South Boston. Once she was adopted, she lived in a playpen on the outside porch until she was 6 years old so that her grandmother didn't have to acknowledge her existence inside the house. Fast forward and Dr. Dorothy is the author of several books such as Real Women Change The World: Letting the Good Girl Die so the Real Women Can Live, where she shares the importance of emotional intelligence, mindset, mindfulness, and communication as imperative tools for women in leadership. She is also an international speaker, author, consultant/master coach, and frequent radio, podcast, and television guest is also Past-President of the National Speakers Association – CT and the founder of 4 companies. In this episode you'll hear: Why do so many people choose to live in illusion- stuck in jobs that they hate or lives that don't fulfill them. We stay in situations that deplete us because there is a payoff in staying. What is the story of “the victim” and how can you get out? Why stagnancy in your life will eventually make you sick What women's leadership makes possible in the world. How Dorothy's traumatic upbringing informed her life helped her become who she is today. What is the “risk” of transformation? Why women are uniquely suited for helping the world to unify in a global community. A psychotherapist, Dr. Dorothy was in practice for 25+ years. As a motivational speaker, Dr. Dorothy brought a history of living in an orphanage, being adopted and raised in the housing projects of South Boston in a violent alcoholic home. She later became a Catholic nun, an international airline stewardess, and so much more, showing that faith, humor, and passion make anything possible. Today, whether supporting individual clients in recognizing and living their Purpose or supporting CEOs in creating a culture of Purpose within their organization, Dr. Dorothy brings first-hand knowledge of the challenges facing those who want to live and work in a culture that feeds rather than drains them. In that light, Dorothy has supported highly successful women from all levels of success, from Park Ave, NYC to a small town in Maine. Consequently, patterns and similarities in leadership are readily understood as she brings extensive wisdom, knowledge, and experience to the table. Combining her recognition that mindset and communication skills set us apart, with her ability to make the complicated simple, Dr. Dorothy is someone to learn from whether as a speaker, trainer, coach, or consultant.

Alasdair Black, our senior pastor, concludes his series based on 1 Thessalonians.

Good Risings is a mindset. Join Jacqueline MacInnes Wood & Bryan McMullin for a daily dose of Good Vibes.   Presented By: Cavalry Audio.    Producers: Jason Seagraves & Margot Carmichael.     Audio Editing: Revision Sound.   Music: Gramoscope Music.    Executive Producers: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Bryan McMullin, Dana Brunetti & Keegan Rosenberger.  You can now search all of the Good Risings episodes on Fathom.fm/GoodRisings! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good Risings is a mindset. Join Jacqueline MacInnes Wood & Bryan McMullin for a daily dose of Good Vibes.   Presented By: Cavalry Audio.    Producers: Jason Seagraves & Margot Carmichael.     Audio Editing: Revision Sound.   Music: Gramoscope Music.    Executive Producers: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Bryan McMullin, Dana Brunetti & Keegan Rosenberger.  You can now search all of the Good Risings episodes on Fathom.fm/GoodRisings! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good Risings is a mindset. Join Jacqueline MacInnes Wood & Bryan McMullin for a daily dose of Good Vibes.   Presented By: Cavalry Audio.    Producers: Jason Seagraves & Margot Carmichael.     Audio Editing: Revision Sound.   Music: Gramoscope Music.    Executive Producers: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Bryan McMullin, Dana Brunetti & Keegan Rosenberger.  You can now search all of the Good Risings episodes on Fathom.fm/GoodRisings! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good Risings is a mindset. Join Jacqueline MacInnes Wood & Bryan McMullin for a daily dose of Good Vibes.   Presented By: Cavalry Audio.    Producers: Jason Seagraves & Margot Carmichael.     Audio Editing: Revision Sound.   Music: Gramoscope Music.    Executive Producers: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Bryan McMullin, Dana Brunetti & Keegan Rosenberger.  You can now search all of the Good Risings episodes on Fathom.fm/GoodRisings! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good Risings is a mindset. Join Jacqueline MacInnes Wood & Bryan McMullin for a daily dose of Good Vibes.   Presented By: Cavalry Audio.    Producers: Jason Seagraves & Margot Carmichael.     Audio Editing: Revision Sound.   Music: Gramoscope Music.    Executive Producers: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Bryan McMullin, Dana Brunetti & Keegan Rosenberger.  You can now search all of the Good Risings episodes on Fathom.fm/GoodRisings! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this afikra FEATURE, Mohamad Tassabehji Mohamad talks about the city during Baghdad's Golden Age and the production of cookbooks in that era. He does so by asking the question of "Why did Baghdad emerge as the Gastro capital of the ancient world? Why did they produce so many cookbooks during that era?"Note: ‎The presenter is not an expert on this subject but is sharing information in the hopes of spurring ‎interest in the subject.‎Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by The Brooklyn Nomads https://www.instagram.com/thebrooklynnomads/About the afikra Community Presentations:A community member delivers an in-depth presentation on a ‎topic related to the Arab world's history and culture during a one-hour online event. The presentation is the ‎culmination of a month-long afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the ‎presentation. The goal is to showcase the presenter's curiosity, research, and share some knowledge. Each ‎presentation is followed by a moderated Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience on Zoom.  ‎Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp Follow Youtube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Supportwww.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.Read more about us on afikra.com

Martin Laird OSA works regularly with the World Community for Christian Meditation. To learn more visit  wccm.org 

A story about a community taking the lead to research their own history.

Scott Bennet, Psychological Warfare-Counterterrorism Analyst Tells All! Who was actually responsible for the 9/11 Attacks?What were the psychological objectives behind them?Who is Dov Zakheim and Roger Zakheim?  9/11 Masterminds?What is the Project for a New American Century, the Pax Americana?Who was Leo Straus, Francis Fukayama, and what is the theory of “Civilization Replacement”?Is there a PsyOp behind allowing the science to disprove the Government's 9/11 Narrative?How is 9/11 playing out in the World Community? Is this the Final Confrontation?Visit Our WebsiteMy guest is Scott Bennett—a U.S. Army Special Operations Officer(11th Psychological Operations Battalion, Civil Affairs-Psychological Operations Command)He is a global psychological warfare-counterterrorism analyst, formerly with defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.He received a Direct Commission as an Officer, held a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) security clearance, and worked in the highest levels of international counterterrorism in Washington DC and MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.He has developed and managed psychological warfare theories, products, and operations for U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Central Command, and the State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism.He served in the G.W. Bush Administration from 2003 to 2008 and was a Social Science Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.  His writings and lectures seek to enhance global awareness and understanding of modern psychological warfare, the international military-intelligence community, and global surveillance operations being artificially generated under the spectre of “National Security”.  He has written extensively on the intelligence community's surveillance activities addressed by Edward Snowden's National Security Agency / Central Intelligence Agency materials.Since 2010 he has filed numerous military-government whistle-blowing reports with the Congressional Committees such as:Intelligence, Armed Services, Government Oversight and Reform, Homeland Security, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, Banking, and Terrorism.He has communicated with over a hundred Federal Representatives, Senators, senior military officers and Pentagon officials, and journalists about the scandalous abuses of power and deception being employed against the American people by its own military-intelligence community.He has filed legal action against Booz Allen Hamilton and the Department of Defense for their involvement in secret Swiss Bank Terrorist Finance Operations, which he uncovered with the help of Union Bank of Switzerland whistleblower, Brad Birkenfeld.How is it that this man is still alive?For more info: https://RichardGage911.org

In this afikra FWD, Rayya forwards an article written by  Gail Simmons and photographed by  George Azar for the Saudi Aramco World journal. "Hebron's Glass History" the article surveys the history of the handcraft in Hebron city.Note: Rayya is not an expert on this subject but is sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in the subject.Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by The Brooklyn Nomads https://www.instagram.com/thebrooklynnomads/About the afikra Community Presentations:A community member delivers an in-depth presentation on a ‎topic related to the Arab world's history and culture during a one-hour online event. The presentation is the ‎culmination of a month-long afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the ‎presentation. The goal is to showcase the presenter's curiosity, research, and share some knowledge. Each ‎presentation is followed by a moderated Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience on Zoom.  ‎Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp Follow Youtube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Supportwww.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.Read more about us on afikra.com

Jennie's address today begins with the Lord's Prayer: "Give us this day our daily bread". Jennie then adds some spin! "Bread isn't just food. It's a metaphor, symbol and summation of a larger journey through life". It's part of the Eucharist - which Unitarians don't observe. However we don't exclude divine and transcendent experiences - and food may provide both! Jennie refers to two of our UU Principles: The 2nd: "Justice, Equity and Compassion in human relations" and the 6th: "The Goal of World Community - with Peace, Liberty and Justice for All". When it is abundant, food is so readily taken for granted. However, the social and global inequities in the distribution of - and access to - food, leads to extremes of obesity and starvation. There is also a growing community ignorance about sources of nutritious, fresh food as distinct from highly processed "junk" food from fast food outlets, insinuated daily into our psyches through TV ads. Fresh, nutritious food, provided directly from the ground - from nature, has a divine and transcendent "spirituality" about it - as does its preparation. It leads to better health outcomes. Listen on for much more "food for thought" (about food) in this thoughtful and provocative address.

In this afikra FWD, Muhammad forwards a film from Aljazeera World on Britain's First Yemenis. The film discusses the first wave of Yemeni immigrants to Britain and their life during that time.Note: Muhammad is not an expert on this subject but is sharing information in the hopes of spurring interest in the subject.Hosted by: Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by The Brooklyn Nomads https://www.instagram.com/thebrooklynnomads/About the afikra Community Presentations:A community member delivers an in-depth presentation on a ‎topic related to the Arab world's history and culture during a one-hour online event. The presentation is the ‎culmination of a month-long afikra coaching process to help identify a topic, find research, and develop the ‎presentation. The goal is to showcase the presenter's curiosity, research, and share some knowledge. Each ‎presentation is followed by a moderated Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience on Zoom.  ‎Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp Follow Youtube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Supportwww.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.Read more about us on afikra.com

The Open Conspiracy by H.G. Wells: Chapter 19 - Human life in the coming World Community The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution was published in 1928 by H. G. Wells, when he was 62 years old. It was revised and expanded in 1930 with the additional subtitle A Second Version of This Faith of a Modern Man Made More Explicit and Plain. In 1931 a further revised edition appeared titled What Are We to Do with Our Lives? A final version appeared in 1933 under its original title. Many of its ideas are anticipated in Wells's 1926 novel The World of William Clissold. The book is, in Wells's words, a "scheme to thrust forward and establish a human control over the destinies of life and liberate it from its present dangers, uncertainties and miseries."[1] It proposes that largely as the result of scientific progress, a common vision of a world "politically, socially and economically unified" is emerging among educated and influential people, and that this can be the basis of "a world revolution aiming at universal peace, welfare and happy activity" that can result in the establishment of a "world commonwealth".[2] This is to be achieved by "drawing together a proportion of all or nearly all the functional classes in contemporary communities in order to weave the beginnings of a world community out of their selection."[3] This will ultimately "be a world religion."[4] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Conspiracy Audio taken from: archive.org/details/TheOpenConspiracy

The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Matthew James Bailey. Matthew James Bailey, author of Inventing World 3.0 and recognized authority in Innovation Ecosystems, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, IoT (Global Impact) "Supporting business, government and society to advance into their future", helps us understand AI and Ethics in a covid and post-covid world; How can we make it work for us, how can it harm us. We discuss AI in authoritarian governments, surveillance, journalism, fact checking, fact finding, politics, government, democracy, pandemics and endemics. How can it help our society, and how can it harm us, and what we can do to improve appropriate ethical standards and guardrails on its use and abuse.

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

Daawud (Noo Covers) El-Amin is the director of Noo Covers Inc. A Wilmington N.C. based company which specializes in cultural community development. In his thirty-three years of community activism, his activities and affiliations have included; Trans Africa, Forever Freedom Fighters, World Community of Al-Islam in the West, Coalition for a Drug Free World, Elevating Communities to Higher Opportunities (ECHO), Direct Support Professionals, N.O.I., U.N.I.A., Leading Into New Communities (LINC), and The Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Violence (BRC). Presently he is Co Chair of the David Walker Economic, Educational, Health and Cultural Center. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daawud/support

"Knowing runs deeper than having information... We should orient our research in AI in a direction that promotes the creative freedom of human beings."- Dr. Marco SchorlemmerWhy are AI systems so successful and widespread? How can we harness their potential to enhance human creativity and freedom? Is AI going to be our future saviour, or will it ultimately cause our extinction? Dr. Marco Schorlemmer explores these questions in our latest Science & Wisdom LIVE podcast episode:THE ETHICS OF AI: A HUMANIST PERSPECTIVE[0:00] Intro by Scott Snibbe[1:11] Deep Learning and Neural Networks[3:00] Will AI systems replace human expertise?[6:20] Intelligence in Western thought: from Aristotle to AI[9:37] "Intelligent" machines: number-crunching or information processing?[10:37] The multidimensional nature of human intelligence[14:26] Harnessing the potential of AI in the age of information[17:18] Beyond information processing: embracing our creative freedom[19:40] The contemplative core of scientific inquiry[21:38] How can AI be at the service of ecological intelligence?About the SpeakerDr. Marco Schorlemmer is a Tenured Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) of the Spanish National Research Council and a member of the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM).About Science & Wisdom LIVEThe dialogue between scientific knowledge and contemplative wisdom has the potential to catalyse growth, resilience and positive change. Science & Wisdom LIVE is a project of Jamyang London Buddhist Centre, bringing together scientists and contemplative practitioners of all faiths to address our society's biggest challenges. Through dialogue and inquiry, it promotes the ideas of societal wisdom – the skilful use of our knowledge and experience to foster individual and collective well-being.Each dialogue explores the middle ground between science and contemplative wisdom, focusing on themes such as the ethics of artificial intelligence, gender equality, climate change, and the benefits of mindfulness and meditation for mental health.Find Out More: www.sciwizlive.com

“Meditation is the prayer of the heart, what the early Christian monks called pure prayer... Many people speak about meditation as a feeling of coming home.”How can meditation restore our sense of wonder and help us forge communities and meaningful relationships? Is there any difference between meditation and prayer? What is the role of contemplative practices in a technologically advanced society?Fr Laurence Freeman, Benedictine monk and director of the World Community for Christian Meditation, joins us today to discuss some important insights from his spiritual search and meditation practice. Together with Scott Snibbe, he explores the potential of meditation to nurture and heal communities and relationships, to re-awaken our sense of wonder and help us journey from our minds to our hearts."The idea that humans have failed and need to improve themselves using biotechnologies, or the fear to be taken over by AI, are disturbing ideas, and they are deeply undermining of human dignity and human wonder. Meditation has the great capacity to re-humanise us and restore our sense of wonder.""We need to remember the primacy of the human, and this means a partnership between contemplative scientists and scientifically respectful spiritual teachers and seekers; and it's a partnership which will be mutually beneficial and at the heart of it there's this extraordinary capacity for a contemplative practice seriously faithfully practiced to re-humanise us and to help us to love and revere the humanity in each other."“Everything that I call 'my prayer' has to be surrendered, together with everything else that I call mine, as the ego gets gradually laid aside. What's left is 'the' prayer, or the Spirit, which is God as communion of love, dynamism of creativity and transcendence... Meditation is our way into that prayer, by making the journey from the mind to the heart.”---On the 11th of November, Fr. Laurence will join Geshe Tenzin Namdak, Dr. Elena Antonova and Dr. Wendy Hasenkamp to discuss how scientific research and meditation techniques can help us to deal with destructive emotions in these challenging times.Join this Science & Wisdom Live dialogue on Zoom on the 11th of November, at 7 pm GMT (London time).Reserve your ticket here and subscribe to our newsletter.