Welcome to Reconstruction
A MOVEMENT CREATING A VIBRANT AND JUST SOCIETY
Randy earned a BA in History with a minor in Humanistic Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Born and brought up Roman Catholic, middle class, and in the Midwest, Randy raised a blended family and worked as a paperboy, store clerk, and educator. His experiences as a teacher include working in 2001 in Lahore, Pakistan — 9/11 was the first full day of school — and the following school year in Monterrey, Mexico. For most of his career he taught in special education. His last teaching assignment was at Menominee Indian High School. After retiring from education, Randy served Green Bay for a decade as a city alder.As a budding, though remarkably late blooming author, Randy took creative writing classes at UWGB with Peter Cooley and Peter Stambler, and has been involved with several writing workshops and groups. His published work can be found in fsm. and The Voyageur.
a tad lopsided
on a potter's wheel
i compose my world with wet
clay of headstrong words
The Book of Yeshua: Chronicle of Our Spirit. vol iii is a speculative history reconstructing the world of Yeshua and his relationship with the Breath of God. The Breath of God has been known by many names throughout the ages: first as Spente Mainyu in Zoroastrianism, and later as the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost in Christianity and Islam. It is a spirit that not only changed religion, but influenced Humanism and Socialism. That is why I refer to it more inclusively as Our Spirit.What do we know about Yeshua? The biography historians reconstruct is pure conjecture. Not a shred of evidence or documentation, during his lifetime, exists to shed a light on his life. The earliest Gospel was written thirty years after his crucifixion, relied on memories, and composed in Greek for a Roman audience. The Gospels hide as much as they reveal the historical Yeshua.Nor has the story of Our Spirit been told. At its core, this narrative is a spiritual biography; one that reveals a revolutionary spirit moving us from an ancient to a modern world. The movement then, as now, is over our social soul. Though under attack today by white Christian nationalists, through the lives of Yeshua and his followers, Our Spirit developed as a cultural and political power with a will to be reckoned with.As an annotated narrative of social justice and spirituality, the inspiration for the Book of Yeshua was Reza Aslan’s Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Materials employed in the writing of this book include: The Bible, Gnostic Gospels, Dead Sea Scrolls, several biographies and histories–many authored by Michael Grant, and online resources.This manuscript started out as a much larger work. Growing monstrous, it needed to be broken down into several volumes. Book of Yeshua is the first one published, but the third chronologically. The other projected volumes in order are: Book of Zarathustra, Book of Herod the Great, Book of Mohammad, and lastly, The House that Jane Addams Built. A collection of short biographies is also planned.
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Lion's Mouth—Green Bay: August 11 @ 6 pm
IN THE WORKS:2026 Fall - RedBook of Poetry2027 Spring - GrayBook of Poetry2027 Fall - BlueBook of Poetry2028 Spring - YellowBook of Poetry2028 Fall - Book of Zarathustra: Chronicle of Our Spirit Vol. i
Red gets in your face with viscera from angry stars burning with screams from unheeded needs & scarred dreams; its flag pole, like a middle finger against a dividing horizon, lifts red as the revolutionary stripe on the flag of the United States of America, red snaps in rough winds for maimed lives mounting slippery steps, those dumped—leftovers from ravaged flesh—savaged neurons with chanting pheromones sailing in rebellious fetters of air—nesting in beaten dull or trembling senses, low moans from suburban lawns, a brazen cry at high noon, rush of raised fists and many marching feet down city streets of change—their hands carrying signs, their voices singing out to distant stars and back in your face: Justice—love of Justice—Justice flying high with Love!
loss and grieving
Blue burn—fire’s essence of primordial need wrapped in cool & cold & warmth within elemental belly of bonding—bodies twisting or torn apart or as sticks nuzzling and rubbing together to burn blue
Join us for an illuminating conversation with author Randy Scannell, sharing The Book of Yeshua: Chronicle of Our Spirit. vol iii. This speculative history reconstructs the world of Yeshua and his relationship with the Breath of God.
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Musings of a monophysite drifting while sipping a blue cosmo swirling in a tall thin stemmed yellow tinted glass with fiery red rim salted gray.
Beginning with a big bang, Book of Zarathustra follows the development of Our Spirit to the founding of Zoroastrianism and that religion’s influence on Judaism and, especially, Christianity. The life of Zarathustra and his adherents tell a bloody and courageous story: rejection and murder, hope and resilience.