Iteresting Collaborations

As some of you may already know, I am a founding member of one of the newest Cooperation Circles of the Multi Region of the United Religions Initiative. Our goal is to tell the "grass roots" stories of Peace, what it looks like, how it happens and what results it can have.

As a start in that direction we have begun a series of dialogues called "The Witch and the Preacher's Kid". Each month we will be having a half hour dialogue loosely based on a particular topic. This month we kicked off our program with the topic of Evil and what it looks like from a Christian and from a Wiccan perspective. This program does not suppose to speak for every Christian nor every Pagan but really is only a dialogue between two friends who have found deep kinship despite our different religions.

This dialogue is available for listening at our web site at Think Peace Media and Communications Network. Here we invite comments from the listeners in the form of arguments and agreements which we will then discuss on the following months' shows.

I highly encourage participation in this dialogue from everyone interested in exploring religious concepts and having fun while they are at it.
In Her service
Rachael Watcher, National Interfaith Officer, Covenant of the Goddess

Indigenous People speak of Climate Change

In prior posts I spoke of meeting Chief Orin Lions among others at the Parliament of the World's Religions while we were in Australia. I was sent this post by another American Indigenous person, Phil Lane Jr. Who's web site is "The Four Worlds International Institute."

Dr. Lions is a professor of American Studies, an author, and member of the Council of the The Onondaga People and faith keeper of the Turtle Clan.

Wikipedia has this to say.
Onondaga (Onöñda'gega' or the People of the Hills) The Onondaga are one of the original five constituent nations of theIroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy. Their traditional homeland is in and around Onondaga, New York. . Known as Gana'dagwëni:io'geh to the other Iroquois tribes, this name allows people to know the difference when talking about Onondaga in Six Nations, Ontario or near Syracuse, New York. Being centrally located, they were considered the "Keepers of the Fire" (Kayečisnakweˀnì•yuˀ^[1] in Tuscarora) in the figurative longhouse. The Cayuga and Seneca had territory to their west and the Oneida and Mohawk to their east. For this reason, the League of the Iroquois historically met at the Iroquois government's capital at Onondaga, as indeed the traditional chiefs do today.

Here Chief Lions is speaking of climate change. It is a powerful and moving testimonial. Please take a few minutes to listen to it.
In her service and yours,
R Watcher

A Report on Glogal Warming from South America

A report from Amaru and Alejandrino Quispe about Global warming and the immediate effect that it has had on his home town of Ayacucho, Peru