Be Love

Curtis Childs is the Vice President of Programming and Chief Visionary Officer at the Swedenborg Foundation and director of the YouTube Channel Off The Left Eye . While obtaining his degree in communication studies from Oakland University, Curtis experienced an internal battle with depression that led him to question God and his lifelong interest in Swedenborgian theology. After a period of intens...

Elliott Bazzano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Le Moyne College, where he teaches courses on Islam, comparative religion, and altered states of consciousness. Elliott also publishes numerous blog posts and interviews about all things religion, spirituality, and dad jokes. In addition to finding inspiration in the mystical percolations of the Sufis, including co...

Robbin Ferriman serves as a licensed pastor with the Urbana Swedenborgian Church and archivist of the Johnny Appleseed Museum also in Urbana, Ohio. keywords love, community, spirituality, nonviolent communication, emotional intelligence, personal growth, divine providence, family dynamics, higher power, gratitude summary In this conversation, Sage Cole and Robbin Ferriman explore the multifaceted...

Rev. Gabriella Cahaley is a graduate of the University of Arizona and earned an M.Div. degree at the Earlham School of Religion. Gabriella pastored three congregations before becoming a hospice chaplain. For the past six and a half years, she served as a pastoral counselor in a psychiatric residential treatment center in Atlanta. Recently, Gabriella returned to the work she felt called to, as hosp...

Rev. Renée Machiniak has been serving as pastor of the Church of the Holy City in Royal Oak, MI since 1995. She also serves as a community police and oncology chaplain. She and her husband, Joe, reside in Royal Oak and enjoy participating in community charity organizations and events, singing in church and community choirs, and caring for their little pup Gertie. keywords: love, trauma, bulimia, h...

Rev. Dr. Ray Silverman very recently retired as Professor of Religion and English at Bryn Athyn College after 27 years of teaching. Ray is the editor/revisor of Helen Keller’s Light in My Darkness (1994, 2000) and author of How I Would Help the World (2011) and The Core of Johnny Appleseed (2012). Together with his wife, Star, he co-authored Rise Above It: Spiritual Development Through the Ten Com...

Page S. Morahan, Ph. D. is Founding Director, Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine ®  Program for Women (ELAM ® ) and Professor Emerita, microbiology and immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine. She is also Founding Co-Director and continuing consultant, International FAIMER Institute (IFI). She has directed numerous grants in both biomedical and social science and authored over 150...

Circe Moss MacDonald gathered her skills as a Ceremonial Artist, Priestess of Water, and ordained Transdenominational Minister at The StarHouse in Boulder, Colorado, from 2000 to 2005. She took her esoteric skills across the country from Iowa to Pennsylvania to Maine where she studied to become an Interfaith Eco-Chaplain at The Chaplaincy Institute of Maine in 2019, because why stop at just one or...

Rev. Clark Echols continues to seek ways to support people in their spiritual growth in his retirement. He began his professional career ordained by the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and served as a pastor for 34 years for four Societies. After graduating from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH in 2010 with a Masters in Community Counseling, he became licensed as a mental health counselor,...

Kei and Susan Pang are passionate about caring for our planet and have been leaders in a recent effort to create a conservation easement at the Garden Chapel Sanctuary protecting two acres of natural woodlands for future generations. I was so pleased to speak with them both about their journey of coming into deeper connection with the earth and themselves. This is the final episode of a three part...

Happy to have Rachel Lyn on the Be Love Podcast for the second time as a part of our three episode collaboration with the Social Justice Committee of the Swedenborgian Church “Spiritual Ecology: Wisdom for a Changing Planet.” For two decades Rachel Lyn has maintained a regenerative view of leadership and social change that balances power, love, and justice. She works in living systems and relation...

Jamila Davey is a professor at the Delaware College of Art and Design and a volunteer with Green for the Greater Good , an organization working to make the Rodney Reservoir in Wilmington, DE a permanent green space. This conversation is the first installment of a three part series “Spiritual Ecology: Wisdom for a Changing Planet,” in collaboration with the Social Justice Committee of the Swedenbor...

Happy to have the Rev. Dr. Ted Cole back for his second appearance on the Be Love Podcast. In addition to being my husband, Ted is the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church , a skilled dream group and workshop leader and a certified Appreciative Inquiry (“AI”) coach. Keywords spirituality, love, honesty, usefulness, community, growth, faith, dialogue, personal journey, support, spiritual growth, i...

A lifelong Swedenborgian Tryn Rose leads women’s retreats, teaches Mindful Art, a multi-domain approach to bring out the best in people with dementia, and is a professional photographer and musician. She is the author of 15 Minutes of Fame/Empowering Caregivers of Those with Alzheimer's and contributing author to Connecting in the Land of Dementia: Creative Activities to Explore Together by Debora...

Rev. Judith Lethin is a writer, Episcopal priest, chaplain, and retreat master. A native of Idaho and Nevada, she lives with her husband, Kris, and two golden retrievers, Ruby and Winter, in Seldovia, Alaska. Judith has recently published her memoir of spiritual awakening in Native Alaska titled, A Wonderful-Terrible God: In The Light of Love There Is No Darkness . keywords love, healing, communit...

Rev. Dorie Goehring (she/her) is Assistant Rector at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Jamaica Plain, and a PhD candidate in Comparative Theology and Bioethics at Boston College. She is also a member of the founding board of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative. Her dissertation focuses on Christian and Muslim approaches to prenatal genetic testing ethics. In her spare time, she roots for Pitt...

It was quite special to sit down with my mother the Rev. Susannah Currie for this conversation. Rev. Susannah Currie was ordained into the ministry of the Swedenborgian Church in 1999. Her first call was as pastor of Temenos Retreat and Sanctuary in West Chester Pennsylvania where she also launched the outreach effort In Company with Angels. Susannah has served as a hospice chaplain, as Chair of t...

Today’s podcast is a conversation with two longtime friends and fellow members of the Swedenborgian Church Heather Oelker and Alex Gayheart. During a weekend visit to celebrate my 48th birthday we made time to record this conversation about love, honesty, friendship and community. Keywords love, friendship, honesty, community, connection, relationships, tribal identity, emotional honesty, spiritua...

Benjamin Robinson lives in Minneapolis Minnesota and works in education. He blogs and makes videos about having autism and creating community on the inside at https://postivelivewithautism.wordpress.com . Keywords love, self-love, spirituality, relationships, community, presence, listening, growth, truth, personal growth, negativity, change, fellowship, church, connection, transformation, pandemic...

For two decades Rachel Lyn has maintained a regenerative view of leadership and social change that balances power, love, and justice. She works in living systems and relational fields. Rachel Lyn's masters is in Applied Behavioral Leadership and Organizational Development with an emphasis in designing learning systems. She has advanced training in Ecological Design, Group Facilitation, Holistic Li...

On Sunday, November 17th 2024 I had the chance to offer a message to the Wayfarer’s Chapel Community in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. I was with them in the chapel at St. Francis Episcopal Church where they have been worshiping since land movement made their beloved glass chapel inaccessible. My talk gets to the heart of Be Love, Be Honest, Be Useful. It includes references to two readings from...

Kurt Fekete has served as the youth director for the Swedenborgian Church Youth League for 24 years. Keywords Swedenborgian Church, love, community, spirituality, family influence, death, acceptance, correspondences, everyday mystics, providence, community, youth, love, SCYL, freedom, connection, inclusivity, church, care, growth Summary In this conversation, Rev. Sage Cole and Kurt Fekete explore...

The Reverend Dr. Donna Keane has served as the pastor at the Elmwood New Church since the mid-1990s. Rev. Keane has a background in recovery, and is a licensed mental health counselor. Keywords church, community, love, counseling, faith, relationships, Swedenborg, ministry, heaven, hell Summary In this conversation, Rev. Sage Cole and Rev. Dr. Donna Keane discuss the journey of faith, community, a...

I received a question this week that inspired today’s podcast. I pray it may be useful to you, especially as we celebrate Thanksgiving around the U.S. this week. Many blessings to all! Sage Keywords love, truth, acceptance, connection, community, self-awareness, gratitude, inner authority, mindfulness, spirituality Summary In this podcast, Rev. Sage Cole explores the profound connection between lo...

Roslyn is a Swedenborgian minister whose ministry has included hospital chaplaincy, facilitating a Home Church, writing, presenting workshops and lectures on a variety of spiritual topics and founding the virtual ministry Deborah’s Tree that lifts up the voices of Swedenborgian women. As an Australian American, Roslyn has served within the Swedenborgian Church of North America, and the New Church...