Song of the Soul
656 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsSong of the Soul invites you to a soul-level encounter. Music has the ability to proclaim the soul's language beyond what mere words can speak. That's what we seek as we invite our guests to share their Song of the Soul. You will hear the music that has charted the steps of their spiritual journey, that has provided a touchstone in the soul's dark night, and sung the hearts awe and joy when come to the Light. As you listen to Song of the Soul, you are both witness and companion to our guest's spiritual path and sacred testimony.
Song of the Soul guests provide about 25 minutes of the music that speaks of their spiritual path, beliefs or journey, and Mark Helpsmeet explores with them the relevance and meaning of this music to their experience. Some guests are musicians, perhaps sharing their own music, but most guests are simply sharing music they've been impacted by, written and performed by others.
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Episodes
Bryce, Young and Yata - Live Spirit Concert
May 25, 2008 05:00 - 55 minutes - 39.3 MBBryce Black, Timothy James Young and Yata teamed up in a concert bursting at the seams with Spirit on May 10, 2008, held at Unity Christ Center.
Earth Day 2008 - Mark Helpsmeet
April 20, 2008 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBIn honor of Earth Day 2008, your host shares his own Song of the Soul as regards the music that speaks of his deepening connection and commitment to Care of Creation. Starting with music from the first Earth Day, in 1970, up to the present, Mark speaks of the layers of insight and understanding which have made Earth Day his "most valued holiday".
David Howard's Song of the Soul
April 06, 2008 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBBorn 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.
Catherine Price's Song of the Soul
March 30, 2008 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBCatherine Price is southern born and raised with a hobo's heart and deep affection for many types of music, including, currently, country swing. She was raised Southern Baptist, served in the Peace Corps and ended up a Quaker, all of it with a deep connection to music.
Diana Allen's Song of the Soul
March 09, 2008 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.6 MBDiana was "unchurched" growing up, but has found deep connection in spiritual community (with room for her wide horizons) among Unitarian Universalists. Recent years have led her to an extremely fulfilling entry into engagement with Native American wisdom, an approach called the Medicine Way.
Tom Neilson's Song of the Soul - Part 3
March 02, 2008 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.3 MBTom Neilson has been making folk music for a few decades now, combining his passion for music with his desire to make a positive difference in the world. His music confronts the problems of the world, but it also embraces the farm folk he grew up with, the nurture of family, and laughs at the funny things in the world.
Tom Neilson's Song of the Soul - Part 2
February 24, 2008 06:00 - 55 minutes - 39.2 MBTom Neilson has been making folk music for a few decades now, combining his passion for music with his desire to make a positive difference in the world. His music confronts the problems of the world, but it also embraces the farm folk he grew up with, the nurture of family, and laughs at the funny things in the world.
Tom Neilson's Song of the Soul - Part 1
February 17, 2008 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.7 MBMethodist born and a Quaker later in life, Tom Neilson has been making folk music for a few decades now, combining his passion for music with his desire to make a positive difference in the world. His music confronts the problems of the world, but it also embraces the farm folk he grew up with, the nurture of family, and laughs at the funny things in the world.
Jim Schacht's Song of the Soul
February 10, 2008 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.9 MBJim Schacht is a music lover, grew up loving and sharing music with his parents and siblings, and has been accompanying the Quakers of Milwaukee Friends Meeting on his guitar as they sing together before worship, for most of the past 20 years.
James Schattauer's Song of the Soul
February 03, 2008 06:00 - 55 minutes - 41.2 MBJames Schattauer has been writing and performing songs since 1979 or even before, and since 1987 has used the moniker Mister Jim for his performances for children and families.
Peter Alsop's Song of the Soul, PART TWO
January 13, 2008 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.6 MBPeter Alsop has produced dozens of recordings over the past few decades, specializing in "Children's Music" - often aimed equally at adults - for more than 20 years. He's an educational psychologist, a motivational speaker, recipient of awards for Best Children's Album, a dad, and a deep, serious and humorous songwriter.
Dale Worley's Song of the Soul
January 06, 2008 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.5 MBDale Worley's music is fun and it's deep and it's sacred and it's rockin'. Dale is a Lay Minister & Truth Student at Unity Village, and has been playing the piano since he was 8, influenced by Jerry Lee Louis, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Little Richard and Elvis Presley.
Peter Alsop's Song of the Soul, PART ONE
December 23, 2007 06:00 - 55 minutes - 39.6 MBPeter Alsop has produced dozens of recordings over the past few decades, specializing in "Children's Music" - often aimed equally at adults - for more than 20 years. He's an educational psychologist, a motivational speaker, recipient of awards for Best Children's Album, a dad, and a deep, serious and humorous songwriter.
Sara Bryan's Song of the Soul
October 21, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBSara's spiritual journey might be seen as an upward spiral of sorts. She grew up in a couple different very conservative Lutheran churches which, as it developed, did not fit her well. Her exploration as a young adult took to Unity for some years, then to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and then back to St John's Lutheran Church, this time of the ELCA flavor. Among the other expessions of her spirit, Sara leads weekly Soul Dance in Eau Claire
Justin Otto's SECOND Song of the Soul
September 02, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.7 MBJustin Otto shared his first "Song of the Soul" about a year ago, and since then he's graduated from UWEC, got a social work job, and gone through a spiritual crisis, leading him to a stage in his spiritual journey.
Carol Johnson's Song of the Soul
August 12, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 54.7 MBCarol Johnson has been producing music for adults and children for decades and her music has even been featured on Sesame Street and in national hymnals and curricula. Among the powerful, moving and insightful spiritual music she has created is the theme song for our Spirit In Action programs, "I Have No Hands But Yours." She lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, performing and touring extensively.
Nicole Miller's Song of the Soul
July 29, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 54.3 MBNicole Miller is, among many things, a DJ on WHYS radio, with a program called The Positive Frequency. She a musician from childhood on and just completing her last year at college. She finds peace and joy through music, energy to transcend the negative realities so abundant these days.
Walter Craft's Song of the Soul
July 08, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41 MBWalter Craft has been performing music for well over 40 years now, and he proudly shares his motto on his web site - ServeTheSong.com. Born in the southern USA into an extended family and community with strong - and varying - religious views, he found the need to step back, gather information, and come up with his own views. He is passionate about music that reaches for the heart - and center - of things
Amy Chabot's Song of the Soul
July 01, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41.2 MBAmy 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...
Justin Otto's Song of the Soul
June 10, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41.2 MBJustin Otto's Song of the Soul tells of his thought and journey leading him to Christian Science, where he was a member until the summer of 2006. Justin was a senior at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, studying social work at the time of this interview.
Earth Day 2007 Community Singalong
June 03, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.6 MBBack on April 22nd, also known as Earth Day 2007, the Eau Claire Friends Meeting organized, Unity Christ Center of Eau Claire hosted and the Sierra Club and the Shalom Mennonite Church co-sponsored an Earth Banquet Potluck and Community Earth Singalong. About 40 hearty voices showed up and lifted up song of their souls for the Earth. It was all done without practice and with low-tech recording methods, but with immense joy.
David Huber's Song of the Soul
May 27, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41 MBDavid Huber has been serving as the pasteur at the Plymouth Congregational UCC in Eau Claire since August of 2004. His taste in music is wide and innovative, and serves to open and balance the purely intellectual part of his character, and it's a pleasure to welcome him to Song of the Soul.
Bruce Judkins' Song of the Soul
April 01, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBBruce Judkins was raised Catholic but didn't really "catch" religion till he was 35. In the meantime he served in the US Air Force, had 2 failed marriages and had serious drinking and drug issues. At 35 he knelt and asked for Jesus to come into his heart, and it changed his life.
Chester McCoy's Song of the Soul
March 18, 2007 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBChester McCoy grew up Catholic in a working class neighborhood of St Louis when segregation was still the rule. His way out of the limitations and oppression of racism was through education, social work and his his rich connections with people, including college at St John's in Collegeville, Minnesota. Chester has been writing songs for about 30 years now, and is a Quaker, a member of Minneapolis Friends Meeting.
Savannah Rhae's Song of the Soul
March 11, 2007 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.9 MBSavannah Rhae chose the name she now carries, just as she has self-examined and chosen to be the person she is in other ways. Raised Methodist, she is currently a member of Unity Christ Center in Eau Claire.
Debi McClain's Song of the Soul
March 05, 2007 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.9 MBDebi McClain's is a joyful person with what many people might consider to be a rough life. When she was quite young she fell ill and her young parents were unable to care for her, so she spent six years in the care of her great-grandparents. More recently, in 2000, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a life-threatening and life-changing disease, yet her outlook is clearly upbeat and grateful for each day
Jeremy Kadinger's Song of the Soul
March 04, 2007 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBJeremy Kadinger has a special relationship with music as a Christian DJ. He does weekly music radio shows with WRJF-LP in Menomonie and WHYS-LP in Eau Claire. A member of the Jesus Fellowship of Believers in Menomonie, Jeremy is an energic and devoted disciple, father and husband.
Cyndi Bradbury's Song of the Soul
February 04, 2007 06:00 - 55 minutes - 37.5 MBCyndi Bradbury has a passion for music that she lives out each weekday in her profession of music therapist, and each weekend as the music director for Plymouth Congregational UCC. Cindy loves animals and the outdoors, being a bit silly and conveying caring through her music.
Julie Schmitt's Song of the Soul
December 24, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.6 MBJulie Schmitt loves music and instruments from all over the map. From Sanscrit chanting from India to rhythm and blues, from parodies of love songs to Native American flute and drums, Julie finds riches to inspire her spiritual growth. Julie was raised Catholic and currently attends the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Eau Claire.
Daniel Winings' Song of the Soul
December 17, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.7 MBDaniel Winings was raised without any real religious faith, but discovered it himself in college, in his pursuit of truth and consistency. He was eventually baptised into a "mega-church", but the deepening and refining of his faith did not end there. A sojourn in Indonesia and other experiences broke open his concepts of materialism and "American exceptionalism", leading him into simplicity and community with the Mennonite Church.
The Peace Sing-along - Eau Claire's Song of the Soul
December 10, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.9 MBA number of folks in Eau Claire started Advent with a Peace Sing-along. The event was organized by Eau Claire Friends Meeting (Quakers), hosted by Unity Christ Center, and co-sponsored by Eau Claire's Unitarian Universalist Congregation, the Network of Spiritual Progressives and Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, each providing 15 minutes of peace-related songs for all to sing. Although the recording quality was low, the Spirit of the gathering was high!
Kristie Pellitteri-Reynolds' Song of the Soul
December 03, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 41 MBKristie Pellitteri-Reynolds' resolution for this year is to say "Yes", to open herself to experience. She'll be heading to Thailand this coming year for 3 months of training in Thai message, though she currently works as a social worker helping ex-prisoners transition to community life. Raised ELCA Lutheran, she hasn't felt at home in "Organized Religion" but has found deep spiritual value in music, in her massage work, and in nature.
Norm Mathews' Song of the Soul
November 26, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 41.2 MBNorm Mathews grew up mostly in Pentacostal churches, but it was really as an adult that this became his chosen religious practice. He's rededicated his life to Christ at times when he faced real challenges to his heart, like when he became an over-the-road trucker or when his 2nd daughter was on the verge of death. He is a devoted student of the Bible, trying to discern God's call for his life.
Sandra Helpsmeet's Song of the Soul
November 12, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 39.9 MBSandra Helpsmeet was raised Presbyterian in the Amana Colonies of central Iowa, becoming a Quaker in her 30's. Music, singing, Lake Superior, canoeing, mediative circle dance and Yoga are just a few of the passions in her life.
Nancy O'Neill's Song of the Soul
November 05, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.6 MBNancy O'Neill is a life-long American Baptist and a lover of music, including decades of bringing music to Eau Claire's First Baptist Church. Daughter of an American Baptist minister, she has grown from conservative beginnings to embrace more of the world and to embrace its people more widely.
Traci Ohlman's Song of the Soul
October 29, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41 MBTraci Ohlman grew up ELCA Lutheran, but in a somewhat conservative congregation. Very active until in her 20's, she came to a major upset in her life, leading her to search on, including some years as a Unitarian and currently interested in Buddhism, but not firmly rooted anywhere.
Ruthie Rosauer's Song of the Soul
October 22, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.1 MBRuthie Rosauer is a member of Eau Claire's Unitarian Universalist Congregation and, among other things, is an enthusiastic singer, including her passion for meditative singing. Her spiritual path has including visits to Taizé, an international, ecumenical community in southern France, and to Findhorn Community in Scotland.
Eric Nielsen's Song of the Soul
September 24, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 40.9 MBInterview and music with Eric Nielsen, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Eau Claire. Eric Nielsen's Song of the Soul includes lots of chorale music, given his long interest and participation in this and other forms of music. Eric is both the minister and member of the choir at his church, a somewhat unusual pairing to juggle.
Art Lyons' Song of the Soul
August 13, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41.1 MBArt Lyons, UW-EC student services staff, raised Catholic, but long-time Buddhist seeker, shares the music of his spiritual beliefs.
Josh Polich's Song of the Soul
July 23, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41 MBJosh Polich was raised ELCA Lutheran where he took particular joy in being part of the choir. With adulthood he was led to read up on Eastern religions, eventually finding real resonance with Hindu chanting. At Unity Christ Center in Eau Claire he found a spiritual home and community of acceptance for his practices and a source of joy and support. He leads chanting there on Tuesday evenings at 8 pm.
Michael Neely's Song of the Soul
July 16, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 44.5 MBMichael Neely lives in Canberra, the federal capital city of Australia. His family hosted me as I traveled with a Quaker group called the Friendly FolkDancers and Michael agreed, on the spur of the moment to share the music that speaks of his soul and talk about his life as an Australian, Catholic-raised, now attending Quaker meeting.
Sarah Pederson's SECOND Song of the Soul
July 09, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 39.7 MBSarah Pederson shared her first Song of the Soul with us just over 4 months ago, but her spiritual life has been unfolding at an amazing clip in the interim. Since that first Song of the Soul she's found a soul mate, become engaged to be married, and discovered a deep, disciplined and joyful addition to her spiritual practice.
Jane Wolf's Song of the Soul
June 25, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41.1 MBJane Wolf in the proprieter of Silver Feather, a shop that sells Native American jewelry, music, crafts and products in downtown Eau Claire. Jane was raised Lutheran, was married as a Catholic, becoming involved with Native American and other Earth-based spirituality after her divorce. She currently attends Unity Christ Center in Eau Claire.
Sharon Jensen-Olson's Song of the Soul
May 21, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41.1 MBSharon Jensen-Olson was raised Catholic, ran away from home definitively at the age of 14, and has not found a spiritual home that seems to fit for her yet. She loves singing along with the radio, with pop and country topping her list of musical favorites. And besides that, she is Mark Helpsmeet's little sister, by 2 years!
Tim Lane's Song of the Soul
May 14, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41.1 MBTim Lane has been teaching in the Music Department of the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, since 1989, flute being his instrument of choice. His taste in music ranges from chorales and classical to Motown and world music. Raised non-religious, he now attends Eau Claire Friends Meeting (Quakers).
Greg Farley's Song of the Soul
April 23, 2006 05:00 - 55 minutes - 41 MBGreg Farley started learning guitar around 10, and came back to it after several other instruments. Raised Catholic, he sought a better fitting spiritual home, studied with Jehovah's Witnesses, eventually settling, more-or-less, in charismatic Christian circles. His Song of the Soul is comprised of original compositions by Greg, from his new CD called For All To See.
Chris Powell's Song of the Soul
April 16, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBChris Powell started piano lessons when 6 years old and added trombone to his repertoire in high school, and appreciates music of all stripes but has a special passion for classical music. Chris is a member of the First Baptist Church in Eau Claire, though he was raised without much exposure to organized religion.
Connor Lynch's Song of the Soul
March 05, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.6 MBConner Lynch is a senior at Eau Claire Memorial High School with a passion for punk rock music, and a dedication to living out his values - things like his opposition to war and violence, and his personal commitment to respecting his own body and well-being.
Jennifer Eddy's Song of the Soul
February 26, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.4 MBJennifer Eddy is an Eau Claire physician with a love of things French, including the language and the country. She and her husband were married there and own a small residence in the south of France. Jennifer was raised to be a rationalist but lived out the maxim that kids tend to react in opposition to their parents. She was a philosophy major and sought a spiritual home in many places, including the Taizé community of France, with Quakers, and with the Episcopal church.
Sarah Pederson's Song of the Soul
February 19, 2006 06:00 - 55 minutes - 40.4 MBSarah Pederson is owner of Gaia Massage and has recently completed training as a yoga teacher. She combines the fruits of her Roman Catholic upbringing with her deep interest in Eastern spirituality as part of her spiritual journey. Through Gaia Massage, located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Sarah provides Massage Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Reflexology, Usui Reiki and Jin Shin Acupressure.