Progressive Spirit

Dr. Chuck Baldwin is pastor of Liberty Fellowship Church in Kalispell, Montana. He has extensive biography that you can find on the church’s website www.libertyfellowshipmt.com. I started following Pastor Baldwin on Facebook when another Facebook friend told me that Pastor Baldwin talked about things like the 9/11 deception and other crimes against humanity. The church’s bookstore has Christopher Bollyn’s book, The War on Terror: The Plot to Rule the Middle East for sale. Pastor Baldwin has spoken out about the perpetual "war on terror" and the damage it has inflicted in the Middle East and in America. Then when this COVID thing started, I saw a presentation by Dr. Annie Bukacek that she gave at Liberty Fellowship challenging the way COVID 19 has been exaggerated on death certificates. I interviewed her about that on Progressive Spirit. Then I saw another presentation also at the church by Ronald Kukal, USS Liberty survivor. So I had Ron Kukal on my program. Ron Kukal is one of the co-authors of the 2017 book

Photo credit: Ron Kukal (left) with Admiral Merlin Staring former Navy Judge Advocate General at Ron Kukal's home in Sheridan, WY in 2006.“ON JUNE 8, 1967, while patrolling in international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was savagely attacked without warning or justification by air and naval forces of the state of Israel.  Of a crew of 294 officers and men (including three civilians), the ship suffered thirty four (34) killed in action and one hundred seventy three (173) wounded in action.” From the USS Liberty Veterans Association Website. John Shuck speaks with a survivor of that attack, Ron Kukal, about what happened on that day, the coverup that ensued, and the truth that is coming out about this attack 53 years later. Ron Kukal is a co-author with other USS Liberty survivors, Phillip Tourney and Ernest A. Gallo, and with primary author, Philip Nelson, of the 2017 book, Remember the Liberty! Almost Sunk By Treason on the High Seas. The book is available at Liberty Fellowship

Sermon for Sunday, May 10, 2020. The use of isolation through quarantines of healthy people, social distancing, and mask-wearing are part of an initiation process to permanently separate us from one another, thus preparing us for a different kind of existence led by those who are conducting this ritual.The imposition of masks upon the human population has nothing to do with health. Even as this is what we are told this is all about. These masks, as I see it, are tools of a satanic ritual transformation. We are being initiated to die to all of our previous relationships.  www.johnshuck.com 

This is a sermon for May 3, 2020. I discuss the banning of truthtellers from the megaplatforms and what this means regarding this COVID operation. In particular, i talk about what it means to be a spiritual person in a time in which humanity is being transitioned into becoming robots. 

Dr. Annie Bukacek of Kalispell, Montana speaks with me about COVID19 death certificates. How do doctors decide whether or not to attribute a death to COVID19 and are the COVID19 deaths being exaggerated? We also discuss what care is not happening during this lockdown and we talk about whether or not the lockdown is good for our health as individuals and as a nation. Find her presenation on Youtube, Montana Physician, Dr. Annie Bukacek discusses how COVID 19 Death Certifiates are being Manipulated. Find Annie Bukacek on Facebook and find her website Doctors Unmask COVID 19.

A sermon for Easter Sunday. For those of you who have known me from before, you know, I have not spoken like this in my sermons or writings. It is because I underestimated the reality and the power of evil. I also underestimated the reality and power of goodness and truth. No more. www.johnshuck.com 

Today is Good Friday. It is Friday, April 10, 2020.The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has closed its doors. This is the first time it has done so since the Black Death in 1349. In my opinion, The Coronavirus or COVID 19 is not the Black Death. Those who have manipulated this operation are the Black Death.COVID 19 is the perfect mechanism to get everything you want, assuming you are Satan or a servant of Satan. Here is an imaginary conversation with myself about what I might do if I were an evil billionaire servant of Satan.

Churches are shut down. This is unprecedented. What would Jesus do on Palm Sunday? 

Here is a radio essay that challenges the accepted view of this "virus" and invites us to entertain other possibilities. A truism falsely attributed to Aristotle, but nonetheless clever goes like this: "The mark of an educated mind is to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."Topics covered include viewpoints of independent scientists and citizen journalists exposing holes in the offical narrative.Transcript at www.johnshuck.com 

This is a sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 29, 2020. This is the third Sunday that churches have been shut down by the state. Text at www.johnshuck.com Image: Ezekiel in the Valley of the Dry BonesSource:     http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55841Artist:      Elkan, Benno, 1877-1960

I am trying out some radio essays. Ten to fifteen minute essays about topics on my mind. These are my thoughts about COVID. DISCLAIMER: Be warned. These are viewpoints that you will NOT hear on television. Transcript at www.johnshuck.com 

Dr. Foad Izadi is Assistant Professor of American studies, American foreign policy and Public Diplomacy at University of Tehran. In this program, we discuss the Coronavirus situation in Iran, the effect of the US sanctions on Iran’s ability to respond to the pandemic, the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, the nuclear weapons treaty, and the effect of the demonization of Iran by the US media. The interview was recorded Tuesday, March 24th, 2020. Dr. Foad Izadi is a member of the World BEYOND War Board of Directors. He is a faculty member at the Department of American Studies, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, where he teaches M.A. and Ph.D. courses in American studies. Izadi received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. He earned a B.S. in Economics and an M.A. in Mass Communication from University of Houston.

Sermon for Sunday, March 22, 2020, the Fourth Sunday of Lent. "We have one but one task. We are here to bear witness to what is real. Your courageous bearing of witness can help awaken others. This is how God will defeat evil by awakening us all to Truth. Regardless of what others think. Regardless of what others do. Regardless of the powers of darkness. Seek what is real for yourself. Bear witness to what is real. Do not be afraid. Center yourself. Remember who you are. You are love. You are strength. You are a child of God."https://www.johnshuck.com 

My first sermon since leaving my last church position. I will, inshAllah, write a record a sermon every Sunday. This is for March 15, 2020, the first Sunday, churches around the country closed due to coronovirus. You can listen here as well as read the text at my website, www.johnshuck.com 

One of the most fun things that happened at KBOO was an impromptu live show with Paul Roland when due to a communication mix-up the scheduled host didn't show. We took over and opened it up to phone calls. We talked about the world-wide protests, the military-industrial complex, and much, much more. Enjoy. 

In March 2018 I had a live interview scheduled with Dr. Kevin Barrett on my monthly show, "The Beloved Community" on KBOO. Through a smear campaign led by Rose City Antifa complete with name-calling, character assassination, and a deluge of tweets and phone calls, the station staff and management were pressured to stop the interview and actually ban Kevin Barrett from being on the air. (Staff and management claim they were not pressured.) I appealed the decision but my appeal was never addressed. Dr. Barrett never had an opportunity to defend himself. Volunteers or the membership never had an opportunity to review this process. On December 13th, 2019 I broadcast a pre-recorded show that included audio from the last sermon I gave to my church, an interview with Dr. David Ray Griffin and a speech Dr. Kevin Barrett delivered at a KBOO-sponsored event at Portland State in February 2018 about US-Saudi relations. Staff, in response to phone calls, stopped the broadcast in the midst of Dr. Barrett's speech and playe

In this special pre-recorded edition of The Beloved Community, you will hear John Shuck's final sermon to his church plus reflections on truth, truth-telling, and the importance of creating space and protecting truth-tellers, particularly those who expose the empire's war machine. You will also hear an interview with Dr. David Ray Griffin about his book, "Bush and Cheney: How They Ruined America and the World" plus an address by Dr. Kevin Barrett that was given at the KBOO sponsored event, "The US/Saudi Coalition: Bringing Peace or War?" that was held at Portland State in February 2018.  

Last Sermon at Southminster. Audio includes a wonderful tribute by my colleague and friend, Rev. Don Ludwig.And a beautiful blessing from the children.The choir sang “A New Day” perfect for “Christ the King” or “Reign of Divine Values” Sunday.November 24, 2019Order of Worship 2019 November 24

John Shuck speaks with Chris Hedges about his book, "America the Farewell Tour"Chris Hedges wants us to face the reality that our society is unraveling. He speaks with John Shuck about his latest book.In his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges shows how the effects of America's decline and decay affects its citizenry. As America sinks further into poverty and despotism, and as corporations and the military-industrial-media complex pirate the remaining assets of a nation that has lost its industry save weapons manufacturing, human beings suffer from gambling addiction, hatred, and violence in the streets. Hedges announces a spiritual call to resist.Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper. He previously worked overseas for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. He writes a weekly column for the onlin

Per Fagereng's novel explores America and Portland after Peak Oil John Shuck speaks with radio host and author, Per Fagereng, about his novel, Jack Moloney's Century. The novel covers the 100 year life of Jack Moloney (1980-2080) as he moves from Ireland to Portland with many stops along the way through the world's transition from abundant energy to Peak Oil and beyond.Per hosts the radio show, "Fight the Empire" on KBOO. Per says of himself:"I’m old enough to remember the Brooklyn Dodgers. Worked at a gold mine in Alaska and a Norwegian freighter. Hanging out at a San Francisco tavern got me started in a newspaper career. I’ve been involved with KBOO since around 1980."From the back cover of Jack Moloney's Century:WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICA? When young Jack Moloney jumped ship in New York in the year 2000 the United States was the world's great power. When Jack died 80 years later the United States was in pieces, and his long life came to an end in a place called Cascadia. Jack Moloney grew up in Derry, in Bri