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Decision Time: Earth's Kyros moment, learn jubilation chants The founders of the non-profit Turtle Island Project believe residents of Earth are facing a Kyros moment because of the abuse of the environment.(scroll down for related links) Kairos' is Greek for occasion' or timing - the art of seizing the moment - a combination of understood context and proper timing. The Turtle Island Project was founded to encourage people to find a renewed respect for the planet, nature, wildlife and fellow humans. From native plants to Indigenous peoples, the world's residents - and especially Americans - are not being good stewards to the planet given to us by God. Turtle Island Project co-founder and board chairman Rev. Dr. George Cairns says we can learn a lot from Earth-based cultures like the Celts and Native Americans. Dr. Cairns said a form of chanting called jubilation (that he demonstrates in this video) helps him focus on the problems he wants to tackle - plus demonstrates the interconnection between humans and the Earth. TIP volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson reports: Supers/fonts: Rev. Dr. George Cairns Turtle Island Project Co-Founder, Board President Rev. Dr. George Cairns Chicago Theological Seminary Research Professor Munising, Michigan November 2007 TIP Ecumenical Clergy Retreat Rev. Dr. George Cairns United Church of Christ Ordained Minister Demonstration of Jubilation Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard Turtle Island Project Co-Founder, Director To support non-profit TIP: Turtle Island Project 137 East Onota Street Munising, MI 49862 Call: 906-387-5616 --- Time:9:59 --- Turtle Island Project board chairman - Rev. George Cairns - says climate change, species extinction and other destructive problems are joining forces to signal the beginning of the end for humans - we would be the first species to ever bring about its own demise. Dr. Cairns said humans are facing a Kyros moment. A Greek word for occasion' or timing - Kyros is the art of seizing the moment - a combination of understood context and proper timing. Dr. Cairns - the TIP co-founder - said the numbers surrounding species extinction are shocking - as humans have killed off nearly 1,000 species. Species extinction and global warming are among the measures that demonstrate the dire future for Earth and humans if we don't change our attitudes. Cairns said nearly 15,600 species are threatened with extinction. A research professor with the Chicago Theoligical seminary, Dr. Cairns said over the past 500 years humans have forced 844 species into extinction with the exception of a handful who remain alive in manmade facilities like zoos and preserves. Cairns noted that several 2007 United Nations reports state - that almost one-third of the world's species of animals and plants are expected to be at risk of extinction within 50 years due to climate change. Australian environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht has coined a term for the losses than humans have brought upon ourselves. During a November 2007 the TIP sponsored an ecumenical retreat at the Eden on the Bay Lutheran Church in Munising, Michigan. Dr. Cairns explained centering prayer and taught the group a form of chanting called jubilation The Turtle Island Project was founded to encourage people to find a renewed respect for the planet, nature, wildlife and fellow humans. During the interfaith retreat for religious leaders - TIP director Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard said it's the responsibility of clergy to speak out on social issues like the abuse of the environment and racism. Turtle Island Project founders say we can learn a lot from Earth-based cultures like the Celts and Native Americans. --- Turtle Island Project related websites: Turtle Island Project main website: http://www.turtleislandproject.org Turtle Island TV (blipTV) http://turtleislandtv.blip.tv/ Turtle Island TV (youtube) http://www.youtube.com/MunisingWhiteHorse Turtle Island (myspace) http://www.myspace.com/TurtleIslandProject Turtle Island Project websites/Blogs: http://groups.msn.com/WhisperingTurtle http://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/ email: TurtleIslandProject@charter.net --- White Buffalo Calf Woman Society: http://www.wbcws.org --- Solastalgia is a new term coined by Glenn Albrecht to describe profound sadness over the effects of the long-term drought in Australia Solastalgia: The distress caused by experiencing the environmental degradation of one s home, leading to a sense of loss and lack of belonging. Glenn Albrecht, environmental philosopher at The University of Newcastle (Geogaphy and Environmental Science Dept.), on Solastalgia: Solastalgia has its origins in the concepts of nostalgia, solace and desolation. Solace is derived from the Latin verb solari (noun solacium or solatium), with meanings connected to the alleviation or relief of distress or to the provision of comfort or consolation in the face of distressing events. Solace has connections to both psychological and physical contexts. One emphasis refers to the comfort one is given in difficult times (consolation) while another refers to that which gives comfort or strength. A person or a landscape might give solace, strength or support to other people. Special environments might provide solace in ways that other places cannot. If a person lacks solace then they are distressed and in need of consolation. If a person seeks solace or solitude in a much loved place that is being desolated, then they will suffer distress. Glenn Albrecht blog: http://healthearth.blogspot.com/ http://healthearth.blogspot.com/2007/03/solastalgia-new-concept-in-human.html Glenn Albrecht is Greek for occasion or timing. Kairos is the art of seizing the moment. Kairos, or kairotic time, refers to God's eternal time. Kairos is the ancient Greek term that can roughly be interpreted as a rhetorical combination of understood context and proper timing. Wikipedia quote: Kairos is an ancient Greek word meaning the "right or opportune moment". The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies "a time in between", a moment of undetermined period of time in which "something" special happens. What the special something is depends on who is using the word. While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative nature Essay written by Mick Doherty (Dept of English, Texas Tech University), "Kairos: Layers of Meaning" http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/layers/start.html Kairos Power: http://www.kairospower.org/whowe.asp Kyros Ministry: Meaning of Kyros http://www.kyros.org/NEWKyros_AboutUs_TheMeaningOfKyros.htm Kairos Therapy: Why Kairos? http://www.kairostherapy.com/why_kairos Kairos: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairos http://www.kyros.org/NEWKyros_AboutUs_TheMeaningOfKyros.htm --- Jubilation: St. Augustine speaks of the "jubilation" which exceeds the bounds of words and set melody http://www.envoymagazine.com/backissues/2.3/ihaveaquestion.html http://www.jean-christian-michel.com/en/musique-sacree.html http://www.worshipinfo.com/materials/tnwsup02a.htm http://mb-soft.com/believe/txs/prayer.htm http://blip.tv/file/480070/ --- Existentialist Theology of Paul Tillich: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_existentialism http://www.giffordlectures.org/Author.asp?AuthorID=169 http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Kairos An artistic representation of Kairos by Francesco Salviati: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Image:Francesco_Salviati_005.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tillich http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=590630&sp=1018&event=1018 Paul Tillich's gravestone in the Paul Tillich Park, New Harmony, Indiana: (Tillich died in Chicago in 1965. A park was named after him in New Harmony, Indiana, where his ashes were interred.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paul_Johannes_Tillich%27s_gravestone_in_the_Paul_Tillich_Park%2C_New_Harmony%2C_Indiana.jpg http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/tabid/68/id/9706/Default.aspx http://www.quodlibet.net/stephens-luther.shtml --- Rate of Species Extinction: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rate+of+species+extinction&btnG=Google+Search http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/01/31_olsond_biodiversity/ http://www.iucn.org/themes/Ssc/red_list_2004/Extinction_media_brief_2004.pdf http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2001_2005/press/species2000.html http://www.earthportals.com/extinct.html http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/Species_Extinction/ --- Inconvenient Truth - Al Gore: http://www.climatecrisis.net/ http://www.climatecrisis.net/aboutthefilm/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060524-global-warming.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/ ---

Christian Narcissism: Attack on Indigenous heritage, cultureRacism, spiritual terrorism and the loss of Indigenous culture are among numerous social issues being targeted by the Turtle Island Project - founded in northern Michigan in August 2007. A pair of Midwest pastors launched the Turtle Island Project because they believe the world is sitting on the brink of important cultural, economic and religious issues that will either allow humans to prosper in harmony with the Earth or become the only species to cause its own extinction. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Dr. George Cairns say some - if not many - Christians belittle the knowledge and heritage of Indigenous cultures like Native Americans, Celts and other centuries-old religions and beliefs that are aligned closely with nature and the environment. They believe we can all learn a lot about nature and the environment by listening to these Earth-based cultures. Rev. Hubbard is a Lutheran pastor, and Rev. Cairns is an ordained United Church of Christ minister. Both have extensive backgrounds in interfaith and multi-cultural work. The Turtle Island Project (TIP), based in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, promotes respect for the environment and Native Americans. Turtle Island Project volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson has more on the founders and their goals. Time: 9:56 In Sept. 25, 2007 Rev. Hubbard spoke to college students, tribal educators and others during the annual United Conference at Northern Michigan University. Conference topics included diversity and other issues like the abuse and sexual mutilation of girls and women in Africa - and racism against Native Americans Rev. Hubbard said some Christians are too quick to dismiss the teachings of Native Americans. Hubbard said whites can learn a lot from NA storytellers, myths and other Earth based teachings. Rev. Hubbard says Native Americans know that not everything can be described in words alone. In August 11, 2007 - Dr. Hubbard spoke to religious scholars and authors in Ann Arbor - during the kick off of the Read the Spirit project. Hubbard warned that some Christians think their beliefs are perfect to the exclusion of all others. In August 28, 2007, Rev. Hubbard was invited to join a national Native American radio talk show conversation on racism by whites who live in towns bordering reservations - the same issue that Nimrod Nation highlighted as Watermeet Michigan is on the edge of a reservation. During Native America Calling, Rev. Hubbard told host Harlan McKosato that racism in northern Michigan is insidious. ------- Turtle Island Project related websites: Turtle Island Project main website: http://www.turtleislandproject.org Turtle Island TV (blipTV) http://turtleislandtv.blip.tv/ Turtle Island TV (youtube) http://www.youtube.com/MunisingWhiteHorse Turtle Island (myspace) http://www.myspace.com/TurtleIslandProject Turtle Island Project websites/Blogs: http://groups.msn.com/WhisperingTurtle http://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/ email: TurtleIslandProject@charter.net --- Lakota words for God, Creator, Grandfather: Tunkasila Wakantanka Gitchi Manitou Lakota: Mitakyasi: "all my relatives" http://www.dlncoalition.org/home.htm Heraclitus "The essence of things" http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/heraclitus.html http://www.spaceandmotion.com/books/philosophy-book-heraclitus.htm --- Bishop Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston President and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School and Professor of Theology Cambridge, Mass. http://www.eds.edu/indexDyn.asp http://www.eds.edu/sec.asp?cat=92 he became the Director of the Dakota Leadership Program and developed alternative training models for indigenous laity and clergy on the many reservation communities of the Dakotas. Bishop Charleston has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, BBC World News, BBC Today Programme, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, The O'Reilly Factor, and Hannity 2007 Episcopal Life Online --- February 2008 United Nations Report on Racism and Human Rights violations against Indigenous Peoples including in the United States: The report "highlights a range of human rights violations and examples of racial discrimination reported by Indigenous Peoples in the US." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/I_P_I/message/18971 Full report: http://www.treatycouncil.org/ ---

Turtle Island Project: Respect for Indigenous Peoples, EnvironmentThe Turtle Island Project in northern Michigan was founded in July 2007 by two Midwest pastors who believe the future of mankind and world is at a crossroads.Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Dr. George Cairns believe that Christians could learn a lot about nature and the environment by listening to Earth-based cultures like Native Americans, Celts, and other Indigenous peoples.Rev. Hubbard is a Lutheran pastor, and Rev. Cairns is an ordained United Church of Christ minister.Both have extensive backgrounds in interfaith and multicultural work.The Turtle Island Project (TIP), based in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, promotes respect for the environment and Native Americans.Two Midwest pastors created the TIP to foster a national discussion and debate on a wide variety of issues involving the future of the planet and mankind including encouraging Christians to learn how to appreciate nature like Earth-based religions such as American Indians, Celts and other Indigenous peoples.Turtle Island Project volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson has more on the founders and their goals.Video #14 Turtle Island Project Time: 9:50-------White Buffalo Calf Woman Society:http://www.wbcws.org---Turtle Island Project related websites:Turtle Island Project main website:http://www.turtleislandproject.orgTurtle Island TV (blipTV)http://turtleislandtv.blip.tv/Turtle Island TV (youtube)http://www.youtube.com/MunisingWhiteHorseTurtle Island (myspace)http://www.myspace.com/TurtleIslandProjectTurtle Island Project websites/Blogs:http://groups.msn.com/WhisperingTurtlehttp://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/email:TurtleIslandProject@charter.net---Rate of Species Extinction:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en s gravestone in the Paul Tillich Park, New Harmony, Indiana:(Tillich died in Chicago in 1965. A park was named after him in New Harmony, Indiana, where his ashes were interred.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paul_Johannes_Tillich%27s_gravestone_in_the_Paul_Tillich_Park%2C_New_Harmony%2C_Indiana.jpghttp://www.metanexus.net/magazine/tabid/68/id/9706/Default.aspxhttp://www.quodlibet.net/stephens-luther.shtmlRosebud Tribe official website:http://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/1973 Wounded Knee Incident the Shalom Community based in Chicago.------The Iona Community - Worldwide:http://www.iona-nwf.org/http://www.iona.org.uk/abbey/main.htm---Spiritual Directors International:http://www.sdiworld.org/home.htmlhttp://www.sdiworld.org/logo2.htmlhttp://www.sdiworld.org/our_story.htmlhttp://www.sdiworld.org/coordinating_council.html---Parliament of the World's Religions:http://www.cpwr.org/http://www.cpwr.org/how/how.htmhttp://www.cpwr.org/what/what.htmhttp://www.cpwr.org/who/history.htmhttp://www.cpwr.org/who/who.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Parliament_of_Religionshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_the_World%27s_Religions---Chicago Theological Seminary:http://www.ctschicago.edu/http://www.ctschicago.edu/150th/events.phphttp://www.ctschicago.edu/general/alumresources/index.phphttp://www.ctschicago.edu/general/life/index.php---University of Chicago - Rockefeller Chapel:http://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/Architecture/architecture.htmlhttp://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/history.htmlhttp://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/specialevents.htmlhttp://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/religion.htmlhttp://rockefeller.uchicago.edu/http://divinity.uchicago.edu/---Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago:http://www.lstc.edu/http://lutheran.uchicago.edu/---Valpraiso University:http://www.valpo.edu/http://www.valpo.edu/christc/http://www.valpo.edu/lutheranlook/---University of Indiana:http://www.indiana.edu/~relstud/index.shtmlhttp://www.indiana.edu/~relstud/about/http://www.indiana.edu/~iuvis/http://www.indiana.edu/~iuvis/see.shtmlhttp://www.iub.edu/~iubmap/mapredirect.pl?select=BL149&Go=Go%21---Lutheran/Church sites in St. Croix, Virgin Islands:List of St. Croix Churches:http://www.usvi.net/usvi/stcroix/attractions/churches.php---ELCA Carribean Synod:http://www.caribbeansynod-elca.org/http://www.caribbeansynod-elca.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1http://www.caribbeansynod-elca.org/modules.php?name=My_eGalleryhttp://www.caribbeansynod-elca.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=My_eGallery&file=index&do=showgall&gid=13ELCA St. Croix Churches:(Christus Victor Lutheran Church, Kingshill Lutheran Church, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lord God of Sabaoth Lutheran Church)http://www.elca.org/ScriptLib/OS/Congregations/cdsSearch.asp?state=VIhttp://www.elca.org/ScriptLib/OS/Congregations/cdsDetail.asp?Id=A59D9DA991http://www.elca.org/ScriptLib/OS/Congregations/cdsDetail.asp?Id=A59D9DA993http://www.elca.org/ScriptLib/OS/Congregations/cdsDetail.asp?Id=A59D9DA994Lord God of Sabaoth Lutheran Church - St. Croix, Virgin Islands:http://www.lgosalive.com/---St. Croix Tourism site:http://www.stcroixtourism.com/st_croix_pictures.htm---Lakota Rosebud Sioux Reservation - official website of Sicangu Lakota Tribe:http://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/---Lakota Newspaper:http://lakotacountrytimes.com/---Catholic Theological Union - Claude Marie Barbour:http://www.ctu.edu/Our_Faculty/Biographies/Claude_Marie_Barbour.html---Other Books in video:http://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Heart-Discovering-Universal-Spirituality/dp/157731140X/ref=sr_1_2/002-2408734-6876016?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189372885&sr=1-2http://www.amazon.com/Mystic-Heart-Discovering-Universal-Spirituality/dp/157731140X/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/002-2408734-6876016http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0826413978/ref=cap_pdp_dp_0/002-2408734-6876016http://www.amazon.com/Encountering-Religious-Pluralism-Challenge-Christian/dp/083081552X/ref=sr_1_4/002-2408734-6876016?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189372885&sr=1-4---

The Turtle Island Project in northern Michigan was founded in August 2007 by two Midwest pastors who believe the future of mankind and world is at a crossroads.Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard and Rev. Dr. George Cairns believe that Christians could learn a lot about nature and the environment by listening to Earth-based cultures like Native Americans, Celts, and other Indigenous peoples.Rev. Hubbard is a Lutheran pastor, and Rev. Cairns is an ordained United Church of Christ minister.Both have extensive backgrounds in interfaith and multicultural work.The Turtle Island Project (TIP), based in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, promotes respect for the environment and Native Americans.Two Midwest pastors created the TIP to foster a national discussion and debate on a wide variety of issues involving the future of the planet and mankind including encouraging Christians to learn how to appreciate nature like Earth-based religions such as American Indians, Celts and other Indigenous peoples.Turtle Island Project volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson has more on the founders and their goals.Time: 9:50---White Buffalo Calf Woman Society:http://www.wbcws.org---Turtle Island Project main website:http://www.turtleislandproject.orgTurtle Island TV (blipTV)http://turtleislandtv.blip.tv/Turtle Island TV (youtube)http://www.youtube.com/MunisingWhiteHorseTurtle Island (myspace)http://www.myspace.com/TurtleIslandProjectTurtle Island Project websites/Blogs:http://groups.msn.com/WhisperingTurtlehttp://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/email:TurtleIslandProject@charter.net---Rate of Species Extinction:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en s gravestone in the Paul Tillich Park, New Harmony, Indiana:(Tillich died in Chicago in 1965. A park was named after him in New Harmony, Indiana, where his ashes were interred.)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Paul_Johannes_Tillich%27s_gravestone_in_the_Paul_Tillich_Park%2C_New_Harmony%2C_Indiana.jpghttp://www.metanexus.net/magazine/tabid/68/id/9706/Default.aspxhttp://www.quodlibet.net/stephens-luther.shtmlRosebud Tribe official website:http://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/1973 Wounded Knee Incident & the earlier 1890 massacre of 146 Indians by government troops:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Incidenthttp://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Wounded_Knee_IncidentPine Ridge Reservation Info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Ridge_ReservationPine Ridge shocking photos:http://www.aaronhuey.com/-------Links to groups/organizations in video/bios (see bios below) of the founders of the Turtle Island Project:"The Community of Religions" - a book by Rev. George Cairns and Wayne Teasdale:http://www.amazon.com/Community-Religions-Voices-Images-Parliament/dp/0826408990http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/002-2408734-6876016?initialSearch=1&url=node%3D1000%2C22&field-keywords=george+cairns++teasdale&x=12&y=15http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0826408990/ref=dp_image_text_0/002-2408734-6876016?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books---Eden on the Bay Lutheran Church Munising, MI - Rev. Lynn Hubbard:http://edenonthebay.org/HomePage_1.html---The Iona Community - Worldwide:http://www.iona-nwf.org/http://www.iona.org.uk/abbey/main.htm---

King, Warrior, Magician, Lover:Rediscovering the Archetypesof the Mature Masculine The Turtle Island Project Presents: Grand Island Conference s GroupsTuesday Oct. 23 King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine will be held from 7 - 10 p.m. on Tuesdays, October 23 and 30, 2007 at the Upfront and Company restaurant in Marquette. C.G. Jung Dr. Robert Moore Dr. Robert Moore bookThe two evenings will explore the works of Dr. Robert Moore, a Jungian analyst who is one of the founders of the men s movement in the United States. This event is for those who have an interest in examining the dynamics of male spirituality, and it s impact upon the church, said Rev. Lynn Hubbard, director and co-founder of the non-profit Turtle Island Project (TIP) in Munising, Michigan. One of the questions we will examine is why the church is not attracting as many men as women. Turtle Island Project Director Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard We will examine what can be done to attract more men to participate and enjoy faith related activities and make suggestions as to how to start a mens group within your own spiritual community, Hubbard said. In some congregations there is a noticeable difference in the larger number of women versus men who attend the church. We will explore the feminization of the church and why fewer men are joining spiritual communities as lay persons or leaders, Hubbard said.The series is the second event in the Grand Island Conference and Retreat Program which recently held a Native American Roundtable and a discussion concerning Earth-based spiritualities and their contribution to contemporary religious communities. First Grand Island Conference s movement:http://www.menstuff.org/books/byissue/therapy-general.html#moore1Links to Men s Movement Founders:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Men%27s_movement_in_United_StatesCarl Jung: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_JungThe Jung Page:http://www.cgjungpage.org/C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeleshttp://junginla.org/ Summary of Turtle Island Projectwebsites Turtle Island Project websites/Blogs:TIP website:http://www.turtleislandproject.orgTIP Sacred Places website: Upload your own Sacred Placehttp://www.NorthAmericaSacredPlaces.org Other TIP sites:http://groups.msn.com/WhisperingTurtlehttp://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/ Turtle Island TV - Video sites:(blipTV)http://turtleislandtv.blip.tv/(youtube)http://www.youtube.com/MunisingWhiteHorse(myspace)http://www.myspace.com/TurtleIslandProject Friends of the Turtle Island Project:Religion and spirituality portal for religious media, writers, clergy and those interested in a modern ways to find information on faith: Read the Spirithttp://www.ReadTheSpirit.com/explore(Part of David Crumm Media LLC, a multi-media publishing company) Read The Spirit Director:David CrummDavid.crumm@gmail.com Read The Spirit Technical support:John Kilejkhile@gmail.com First/Oldest Native American women s domestic violence shelter, teen suicide prevention: White Buffalo Calf Woman Society, Inc.Tillie Black Bear, directorNorth Main St.Mission, SDCall: 605-856-2317White Buffalo Calf Woman Society website:http://www.wbcws.orghttp://calthunderhawk.tripod.com/wbcws/wbcws_index.html Lakota Rosebud Sicangu Tribe website:http://www.rosebudsiouxtribe-nsn.gov/ The Iona Community - Worldwide: http://www.iona-nwf.org Project to change racist location names in Minnesota and across the U.S.: Rum River Name Change Organization Inc.Thomas Dahlheimer, directorP.O. Box 24Wahkon, Minnesota56386wahkontonka@yahoo.comwahkon@scicable.comCall: 320-495-3874http://www.towahkon.org/MN bill to change 14 derogatory geographic place names offensive to American Indianshttp://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2503.0.html

Centering prayer, the Iona Community in Scotland, and structural evil were among the topics discussed during the first Turtle Island regional conference in northern Michigan.TIP Board Chairman and Co-Fouder Rev. Dr. George Cairns explains why centering prayer helps fight structural evil and other problems in life.TIP volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson has the story:Time: 9:25**Notice we have additional information/websites and information on all these topics in this script.---Summary of Turtle Island Project websites A mystical prayer practice that leads one into the "silence" but in actuality leads away from God.Definition of Contemplative Prayer: As it is expressed in a modern day movement is mystically (i.e. based on a technique or method) in which one empties the mind of thought through repetition, usually of a word or phrase or focus on the breath. In this case the silence would be an absence of thought, all thought. Keating defines centering prayer as "a very simple method in which one opens one's self to God and consents to his presence in us and to his actions within us." Centering prayer is a meditative method, but where Buddhist Vipassana meditation or Christian meditation, as developed by Benedictine monk John Main, use a point of focus such as concentration on the breath or repetition of a mantra, centering prayer relies more on intention than attention. Releasing any distractions caused by thoughts or emotions, the practitioner simply "waits for God." Beyond words, emotions, and thoughts, centering prayer is, says Keating, like "two friends sitting in silence, just being in each other's presence." The purpose of contemplative prayer is to enter an altered state of consciousness in order to find one's true self, thus finding God. This true self relates to the belief that man is basically good. Proponents of contemplative prayer teach that all human beings have a divine center and that all, not just born again believers, should practice contemplative prayer. ---Iona Community - Scotland:Iona is a small island off the west coast of Scotland, where in 563 Columba founded a Celtic monastery that was very influential in its own times. In the middle ages it was the site of a Benedictine abbey and over the centuries has attracted many thousands of people on their own pilgrim journeys.The Iona Community, founded in 1938 by the Rev George MacLeod, then a parish minister in Glasgow is an ecumenical Christian community that is committed to seeking new ways of living the Gospel in today's world. Initially this purpose was expressed through the rebuilding of the monastic quarters of the mediaeval abbey on Iona and pursued in mission and ministry throughout Scotland and beyond. The Community today remains committed to rebuilding the common life, through working for social and political change, striving for the renewal of the church with an ecumenical emphasis, and exploring new more inclusive approaches to worship, all based on an integrated understanding of spirituality.Iona community member John Bell will be the music leader at UMC Summer Collegium (June 25-July 3, 2008)The Summer Collegium, a project in support of small congregations, is now accepting applications for the Summer 2008 event, which will take place at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA , from June 25-July 3, 2008. This nine-day, all expenses paid conference for clergy and their spouses or partners is open to those who pastor small congregations (100 or fewer average Sunday attendance) and are committed to small church ministry. Singles and non-ordained pastors are welcome to apply for the one of the 25 openings. The conference consists of keynotes and workshops on all aspects of small church ministry, with a special emphasis on worship and preaching. Keynotes include Tony Pappas, who has written extensively on small church life, and Peter Bush and Christine O'Reilly, authors of the new book Where 20 or 30 are Gathered: Leading Worship in the Small Church. John Bell of the Iona Community in Scotland will be our music leader. This is an ecumenical project sponsored by the Lilly Endowment Inc. Applications may be downloaded from our website, www.vts.edu/education/collegium, or contact Marilyn Johns, mjohns@vts.edu, or 703-461-1760; applications must be postmarked by December 15, 2007.---"ne plus ultra" - French saying used in EnglishNothing further; the uttermost point or extreme perfection of anything."With his close friend and comrade in arms, Eugene of Savoy, Marlborough (the British commander) subsequently visited humiliation after humiliation on Louis 16's head. Ramilies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, the lines of Ne Plus Ultra and innumerable sieges brought the France of the Sun King to its knees."In Latin: not further beyondIn August 1711 Marlborough forced the supposedly impregnable lines of Ne Plus Ultra', built by the French to guard their northern frontier, and captured the fortress of Bouchain. http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1090837http://www.allwords.com/word-ne%20plus%20ultra.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Bouchain

Racism, poverty, teen suicide on reservations, the derogatory perversion of American Indian names on Minnesota rivers and other locations across the country, and learning respect for the environment from Earth-based cultures were among the topics discussed at a Native American Roundtable held Sept 13-15, 2007 in northern Michigan.In part two. Tip co-founder Rev. Dr. George Cairns will look at Celtic spirituality - centering prayer - and fighting evil.TIP volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson has the first of a two part look at the roundtable and conference: --- Inaugural Grand Island Conference in northern Michigan addressed racism, poverty, teen suicide, derogatory location names, and other issues; Centering prayer, Celtic spiritual issues discussed during Turtle Island Project conference(Munising, Michigan) - Racism, poverty, teen suicide on reservations, the derogatory perversion of American Indian names on Minnesota rivers and other locations across the country, and learning respect for the environment from Earth-based cultures were among the topics discussed at a Native American Roundtable held Sept 13-15, 2007 in northern Michigan.Sponsored by the Turtle Island Project, a non-profit based in the Upper Peninsula, the conference was held at the Eden on the Bay Lutheran Church in Munising.The reasons for a shocking increase in teen suicides at American Indian reservations was discussed including the 600 attempts and 15 deaths over the past two years at the Lakota Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. The discussion included whether media coverage of the suicides would be different if the victims were white teenagers.In tragic late breaking news - the TIP was told Friday (Sept. 21) that even as the problem was being discussed the previous weekend - two more teens took their lives out of despair. An official at the Lakota Rosebud reservation contacted the TIP for assistance in getting federal officials to move on additional counselors.The TIP will bring more details on this effort in the near future, however the Rosebud official said the U.S. government has been ignoring requests for addition counselors and the four current counselors badly need help because each has over 100 teen cases.The TIP believes this is another example of low-income Native Americans being overlook, yet the situation would make national headlines if the deaths were affluent white teens."I think one of the main reasons for suicide is loss of identity and hope and with that comes deep despair," said Pat Cornish-Hall, a Munising resident who is just discovering her mother's Native American heritage. I do believe that poverty certainly has an effect on suicide. Counselor Joni Peffers of Gwinn said the media should report on the trends of teen suicides in their area but not give the individual details of each attempt or death."Each suicide should not be publicized for many reasons," said Peffers, owner of Celtic Cove Counseling at K.I. Sawyer.While agreeing that Native American teen suicides are often overlooked by the media, Peffers said even trends in white teenage suicides and attempts are not reported citing several recent cases in Marquette County.TIP co-founder Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard said wars across the globe have been started in the name of religion - but that is not the case with Native Americans who fought over the theft of land or hunting rights, never over differences in religious belief. "Native Americans never started a war over religious ideology," said Rev. Hubbard, TIP director and pastor of Eden on the Bay Lutheran church. "We (whites) are the kind of people who fight wars over religious ideology."The perversion of the original Native American name of Minnesota's Rum River and similar derogatory names was placed on the agenda at the request of Thomas Dahlheimer, director of the Rum River Name Change Organization Inc. in Wahkon, Minnesota.Minnesota State Rep. Mike Joros, D-Duluth, recently introduced a bill that would change 14 derogatory geographic place names that are offensive to American Indians.The Rum River in Minnesota was named by whites referring to alcohol "spirits" instead of the original American Indian name that meant "Great Spirit." "Two of these derogatory names were changed from the sacred Ojibwe name for their Great Spirit (Manido) to Devil, as was the custom throughout our nation," said Dahlheimer. "Racial hatred was why many geographic site names were changed from Native peoples' names for the Great Spirit to Devil."Many faulty translations of Native American names were done out of racism and as a "deliberate insult and slur, Dahlheimer said."These derogatory names remind Native people of the cultural genocide that is being perpetrated against them," Dahlheimer said. "Changing these names it will help in the healing process - but keeping the derogatory names would maintain a racist, derogatory characterization of Native peoples."Dahlheimer said "heightened awareness of the catastrophic consequences caused by white settlers introducing and selling alcohol to Native Americans - may cause white Euro-Americans to offer all Native Americans their long overdue restitution justice."Dahlheimer s views were presented at the roundtable by a TIP volunteer, but organizers hope future events will include a internet camera so tribal officials from around the country can participate without traveling to northern Michigan.Hubbard said one of the goals of the TIP is to "give Native Americans a venue in which their voices can be heard and listened to. "Americans, whether of Native or Euro-American ancestry, are still being oppressed by political, social, and economic structures, like we were from our European ancestors," Hubbard said. "There is so much evil in the world that we have created structures, such as corporations which are not actually moral entities, but function rather primarily as legal entities. Morality has to do with the ability to feel empathy and remorse, to say that you are sorry and to admit mistakes and ask for forgiveness, Hubbard said.Hubbard said it s rare for corporations and politicians to admit error and only do so when they absolutely have to and even then, it is often inauthentic and not sincere. "If you can not say I'm sorry' if you can not admit to a mistake you are not a moral entity," Hubbard said. We let these structures do our dirty wok for us and then think we can walk free by simply claiming that we had nothing personally to do with the irresponsible immoral actions of our social and corporate institution, Hubbard said. That is the height of absolute moral hypocrisy. Hubbard said the reason this evil is so great because it is structured into our political, religious and cultural institutions. As an example, Hubbard said some members of the news media have become extensions of the current political and corporate power regimes running this country. Hubbard said the news media are supposed to defend us from falsehood and adhere to the truth but some have themselves become merchants of fear and chaos. This is bringing about the death of any real public debate in this country, and with the loss of genuine public debate, we lose our democracy, and our voices are silenced." Hubbard said. "We can t even tell anymore where entertainment ends and news begins."During the conference on ecology and Celtic spirituality, there was a debate over ways Christians can protect nature and fight corporate giants that do much of the polluting.Featured speaker Rev. Dr. George Cairns of Chesterton, Indiana explained he fights environmental problems and other important social issues with a wide-range of methods including "contemplative prayer" and "engaging structural evil." The Scotland-based Iona community is a good example of a group of people "who are unified by a covenant, worship together and who engage in very effective political action to change structural evil."Rev. Cairns said that "centering prayer" and "participative consciousness" are techniques of deep meditation he learned from Father Thomas Keating, a Trappist monk and teacher. (Trappist refers to a branch of the Cistercian order of monks known for an austere rule including a vow of silence.)"Silent meditation is a powerful tool to open ourselves to one another and to all creation which is what this participative consciousness is all about," said Cairns, TIP co-founder and board president.Cairns said the intense form of meditation helps eliminate the "internal dialogue" or "chatter that's going on all the time" in people's minds."I found out how much of my life was consumed by internal dialogue," said Cairns, research professor of theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary..Centering prayer allows "us to open our hearts to a deeper relationship with God and an increased openness to the movement of the Holy Spirit in our lives," said Rev. Cairns, admitting it's an easier technique to teach than for people to learn and practice."The technique to doing it - is simply to rest with God. It's not easy to do, it's easy to teach, but very difficult to do," Cairns said.In fighting the world's evil, Cairns said "we can't get their with just our hearts - we need our heads and something more.""That something more is a deep relationship with one another and with all creation," Cairns said.--- Summary of Turtle Island Project & TV sites:Turtle Island Project main website: http://www.turtleislandproject.orgTurtle Island TV (blipTV) http://turtleislandtv.blip.tv/Turtle Island TV (youtube) http://www.youtube.com/MunisingWhiteHorseTurtle Island (myspace) http://www.myspace.com/TurtleIslandProjectTurtle Island Project websites/Blogs: http://groups.msn.com/WhisperingTurtle http://turtleislandproject.wordpress.com/email: TurtleIslandProject@charter.net ---- Contact info for people quoted in news release:Turtle Island Project founder/Director:Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard Eden on the Bay Evangelical Lutheran Church 1150 M-28 West Munising, MI. 49862 wk: 906-387-2520 cell: 906.202.0590 ---- Rev. Dr. George Cairns, TIP founder/board chairman 1-219-3959347 Research Professor of Practical Theology and Spirituality at Chicago Theological Seminary lives in Chesterton, Indiana ordained minister in the United Church of Christ --- The Iona Community - Worldwide: http://www.iona-nwf.org --- Rum River Name Change Organization Inc. Thomas Dahlheimer, director P.O. Box 24 Wahkon, Minnesota 56386 Call: 320-495-3874 http://www.towahkon.org/Minnesota H.F. No. 2503 introduced 85th Legislative Session (2007-2008) on May 18, 2007 A bill to change 14 derogatory geographic place names offensive to American Indians introduced by Rep. Mike Jaros, D-District O7B (Duluth). http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H2503.0.html&session=ls85Related information:TeePee & fliers at July 2007 Anoka County sesquicentennial: http://www.towahkon.org/tepee.htmlCombating White Racism Against Indigenous Peoples: http://www.towahkon.org/SEED.htmlSolving The Alcohol Abuse Epidemic: http://www.towahkon.org/sae.html http://www.aaanativearts.com/printout683.htmlThomas Ivan Dahlheimer's articles and letters to the editor: http://www.towahkon.org/articles.htmlHistory of the Anoka Dakota Unity Alliance: http://www.towahkon.org/alliance.html http://www.dakotahomecoming.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5button=9294Minnesota Apology for the Explotation of Native Amercans: http://www.towahkon.org/apologyresolution.htmlMinnesota Indian Affairs Draft Resolution: http://www.towahkon.org/MIACdraftresolution.html http://www.astate.edu/mascot/NDNAIM_Fwd_Minnesota_Indian_Affairs_Council.pdf