The Call to Love Experience

In this episode of the Call to Love Experience, host Jasmine Bellamy welcomes Reverend Dr. Mark Bozzuti-Jones to discuss the transformative power of retreat as a spiritual practice. They explore the concept of retreat not just as a physical getaway but as a necessary pause in our daily lives to reconnect with ourselves and God. Father Mark emphasizes that true spiritual practice involves being gro...

Felicia Murrell is BACK. ✨My kindred sister returns to The Call to Love Experience for a special Year-End Examen—a gentle, intentional reflection on the year as it has unfolded. Together, we move through five sacred movements: Looking Back, Looking Through, Looking Forward, Looking Around, and Looking Inward. This is our collective pause… an intentional closing of the year—grounded in reflection,...

This conversation feels like a homecoming. Alexis Busetti — co-author of Migration: Experiencing God’s Care for Immigrants — was the very first guest on The Call to Love Experience, and we gathered again for a conversation that feels both full-circle and deeply timely. Together we’ll explore what it means to cultivate the heart of a migrant — to see migration not as a problem, but as a sacred prac...

In this episode of the Call to Love Experience, host Jasmine Bellamy welcomes Christine Valter's Painter to discuss the transformative power of love and spirituality. They explore the importance of cultivating a practice of love, the influence of historical figures like Hildegard of Bingen, and the wisdom of the Desert Mothers and Fathers. Christine shares insights from her book 'Give Me a Word,'...

We’re launching Season 4 of The Call to Love Experience with a powerful conversation with Bishop Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church and beloved voice of Love in our time. Together, we explore what it means to cultivate a life rooted in Love—one that is both deeply personal and boldly public. Bishop Curry reflects on his lifelong commitment to the way of Jesus, the discipline o...

“My inner world has unknown terrain, and so does yours. This expanse includes our minds, hearts, wills, and spirits. The wild land within also includes our experiences, aspirations, and memories. And like it or not, this territory also includes shadowy areas of hidden influencers as well as triggering thoughts and feelings. For many of us, the wild land within remains unexplored territory that we...

Rooted in 1 Corinthians 13, this conversation explores how the Enneagram reveals our habitual ways of seeing the world—and how a contemplative approach can help us evolve beyond egoic patterns to experience love, faith, and hope more fully.  Our guest is Rev. Nhien Vuong, JD, MDiv, an ordained Unity minister, former attorney, and Founder of Evolving Enneagram. She has also just birthed a new book...

In this episode of the Call to Love Experience, host Jasmine Bellamy and guests Tia Norman and Candance Green explore the themes of love, lament, and healing, particularly in the context of Black women's experiences. They discuss the importance of community, the role of silence and contemplation, and how joy can serve as a form of resistance in times of crisis. The conversation emphasizes the nece...

“32 years of ‘I Do.’ 32 years of journeying together through the mystery of life. 32 years of choosing, allowing, and accepting. 32 years of integrity—growing, forgiving, and creating a home where our insides match our outside.” Fellow contemplative and love practitioner Felicia Murrell returns for part 2 alongside her husband Doug on the first anniversary of her book AND: The Restorative Power of...

An ancient practice and sacred space for accompaniment, holding, listening, and healing. Together, we explore the essence of Spiritual Direction, clarifying what it is (and what it isn’t) and its vital role in fostering spiritual growth and healing. Karen Simms Tolson is the editor of Wisdom of Our Elders: Living in Spirit, Wisdom, Deep Mercy, and Truth. She has been a Spiritual Director for more...

This experience is an invitation—a call to join our spiritual community and engage in this collective contemplative practice. Together, we examine the theology of love and cultivate its practice in our lives. Our focus is transformation—becoming a Community of Practice. In each episode, we offer practices to help us grow in love, together. So, make yourself comfortable. Light a candle, grab your j...

This is Season 3 where we are focusing on transforming together into a Community of Practice. Deep faith invites us to securely attach to God, Eternal Love. In my experience, as we go inward to our centering place, we find a source of grounding—a place to anchor ourselves in times that may feel hard to navigate. Tonight we’ll dive into what it means to live out this truth. Together, we’ll explore...

This is Season 3 where we are focusing on transforming together into a Community of Practice. This conversation explores the contemplative life, practices, and preaching through the lens of the Black Church. Our guest, Dr. E. Trey Clark, PhD, is an assistant professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Dean of Fuller Chapel, and co-founder and director of The Black Contemplative Society. He is the au...

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life of love together in community. Centering Quote: Jack Zavada, J. Pittman McGehee Centering Text: John 13:34-35 Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information visit www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life of love together in community. Centering Quote: Iyanla Vanzant, Ruby Francisco, Khalil Gibran Centering Text: Proverbs 18:21, Deuteronomy 30:19 Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information visit www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life of love together in community. Centering Quote: James Baldwin Centering Text: Matthew 22:37-40 Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information visit www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life of love together in community. Centering Quote: Pastors A.R. Bernard, Sr. and Rick Warren Centering Text: Matthew 22:37-40 Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information visit www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life of love together in community. Centering Quote: J. Pittman Mc Gehee Centering Text: Matthew 22:37-40 Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information visit www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the premiere of Season 3! This season we are focused on transforming together into a Community of Practice! Our guest is Dr. Michaela O’Donnell. Michaela is the  Executive Director of The Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Seminary. She is a practical theologian who earned her MDiv and PhD from Fuller Seminary where she is also the professor of the Doctor of Global Leadership coho...

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life in love together in community. Understanding is essential to the practice of love. Today we focus on Stephen Covey's 5th Habit of Highly Effective People: Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood. Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information visit www.lov...

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life in love together in community. Today/s question for reflection: "Are you fulfilled enough to take on the act of loving another human being wholeheartedly?" The centering quote is an excerpt from How to Love by Thich Nhat Hanh and Jason De Antonis. Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 M...

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life in love together in community. Today we continue with the question: What is a love practice? The centering text is 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8. Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information check out www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life in love together in community. Today we continue with the question: What is a love practice? The centering quote is from bell hooks. Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information check out www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Welcome to our Daily Love Practice as we endeavor to cultivate our life in love together in community. Today, we begin with the question: What is a love practice? The centering quote is from Eric Fromm. Consider this your invitation to join us on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information check out www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Introducing The Call to Love Experience: The Monthly Communal Practice & The Daily Love Practice. Host: Jasmine Bellamy, Founder & Spiritual Director of Love 101 Ministries which is dedicated to the theology and practice of love. Consider this an invitation to join our beloved community on Facebook and Instagram at Love 101 Ministries. For more information visit us at www.love101ministries.com Lea...