The Call to Love Experience

We’ve reached the FINALE of Season 2: The Love Practitioner Series! This time, we honor one of my greatest spiritual teachers, Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman. As a spiritual advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and former dean of chapels at Howard University and Boston University, he’s one of the most influential theologians and contemplatives you might not know about! I am joined by two incredible scho...

Experience the transformative power of love and empathy with Christy Vines, Founder and CEO of Ideos Institute. Christy joins Jasmine for our communal practice to engage in a conversation at the intersection of love and empathic intelligence. Centering Scripture: Romans 12:1-8 Find out more about Christy and Ideos Institute at https://www.ideosinstitute.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Felicia Murrell shares her book, AND: The Restorative Power of Love In An Either/Or World.  Centering Scripture: Ephesians 1:7-12 MSG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to switch things up! Rev. Candance Greene moves from behind-the scenes to front and center, and Jasmine Bellamy takes over guest duties. This highly anticipated chat is the continuation of a 2021 interview on The Cherishedflight Podcast. Candance and Jasmine engage in a conversation about living a life of love. Centering Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2 MSG, NKJV Learn more about your ad choic...

Dr. Donny Bryant, a fellow love practitioner, pastor, and co-host of The Cosmic We with Barbara Holmes and Donny Bryant, joins Jasmine in this communal practice to create sacred space to hold love and grief. Centering Scripture: John 8:1-11 MSG, ESV Join our 40 day Lenten Love Practice at www.love101ministries.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Utibe Bassey, a fellow love practitioner & business executive, and author of the LinkedIn newsletter, Love as a KPI (Key Performance Indicator), joins Jasmine in the studio to explore what it looks like to connect our theology of love to leadership and put love into practice at work. Centering Scripture: Isaiah‬ ‭32‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭ Follow Utibe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/utbassey?utm_sourc...

Dr. Meryl Herr joins Jasmine in our virtual studio for The Call to Love Experience LIVE. Meryl is the Director of Research & Resources at the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary, and a contributing essayist and Project Lead of De Pree Center’s Advent Journal, Keeping Watch. This episode was recorded during week 2 of Advent. The communal conversation is centered around...

Dr. Terence Lester is the founder of Love Beyond Walls, a nonprofit organization focused on poverty awareness and community mobilization. He is the author of 3 books:  I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity Centering Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 Lea...

The Love Practitioners Series Season 2 is all about creating space to amplify the voices of Love practitioners in various contexts!! Marilyn Batchelor and Olufemi Gonsalves, fondly known as my sisters-in-hooks, join our communal practice as we remember and center the voice of renowned scholar, cultural critic, and Love practitioner, bell hooks. This is your invitation to join us as we LISTEN, ENGA...

SEASON 2 PREMIERE: The Love Practitioners Series Season 2 is all about creating space to amplify the voices of Love practitioners in various contexts!! Ashley Abercrombie joins our communal practice. She is a writer, speaker and author of LOVE IS THE RESISTANCE: Learn to Disagree, Resolve the Conflicts You've Been Avoiding, and CREATE REAL CHANGE and Rise of the Truthteller. Listen in to hear Ashl...

We are in the liminal space between Seasons 1 and 2. Jasmine and Candance invite members from The Call to Love Community to discuss their reflections from Season 1. Lisa Colon-DeLay, co-host of Episode 5: The Inner Life of Love and author of The Wild Land Within drops in as a surprise guest! Season 2: The Love Practitioners kicks off in September! Social Media Links: Facebook and Instagram: @love1...

SEASON 1 FINALE Dr. Kutter Callaway joins our communal practice and engages in a discussion on Love & Culture. Kutter Calloway is the William K. Brehm Chair of Worship, Theology, and the Arts; Associate Dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies; and Associate Professor of Theology & Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. This is our second examination of The Good Samaritan, but this tim...

Phil Allen Jr. is a poet, spoken word artist, author of two books Open Wounds and The Prophetic Lens, film maker, PhD Candidate at Fuller Seminary, and President of the Racial Solidarity Project (RSP) . We live in a world where it is often difficult to love. How do we navigate the challenges lovingly, if we desire a deeper relationship with God, ourselves, and others? This is where the rubber meet...

Dr. Mimi Haddad, president and CEO of CBE International and adjunct associate professor of historical theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, joins me for a communal practice and conversation on gender equality, patriarchy, and the transformative power of love. We've all been shaped by patriarchy. The word alone can be triggering and cause division. All the more reason to bring love to it. Listen...

Dr Cindy Lee, theologian, professor, Spiritual Director, and author of Our Unforming: De-Westernizing Spiritual Formation joins Jasmine for a communal practice and discourse on the spirituality of Love. Jasmine and Cindy discuss: What is spirituality? How does that relate to our unforming? What are the implications for Love? What is spiritual direction?  Lectio Divina: Luke‬ ‭7‬:‭36‬-‭50 CEB, Alab...

Rev. Jacqui Lewis PhD, public theologian, Sr Minister of Middle Church, author of Fierce Love, and the host of the Love Period podcast, joins Jasmine in the studio to discuss the inner work of self-love. Jacqui and Jasmine engage in a discourse on the daily practice of loving oneself, fear as the opposition to love, truth-telling, and the spiritual practice of traveling lightly.  Lectio Divina: ‭‭...

The Call to Love EXPERIENCE is an invitation to join us on a spiritual journey as we examine the theology and cultivate the practice of love. In Episode 5: The Inner Life of Love, We shift our exploration inward to our own inner work. We acknowledge this invitation to get to know oneself may be frightening for some. You are not alone. You may want to enlist the support of a therapist or Spiritual...

Jasmine Bellamy welcomes Dr. Patrick Oden, Director of Academic Integration, Fuller Equip, and Research Assistant Professor of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary to The Call to Love Experience. Framed by Lectio Divina and the Prayer of Examen, Jasmine and Dr. Oden engage in a communal conversation as they examine the Theology, Christology, and Pneumatology of love and their significance. ‭‭Le...

In Episode 3 Jasmine Bellamy welcomes Rev. Dr. Nigel Pearce, Senior Pastor of Grace Congregational Church of Harlem, to The Call to Love Experience to examine Jesus' Farewell Discourses. Framed by Lectio Divina and the Prayer of Examen, Jasmine and Pastor Pearce engage in a communal conversation about Jesus' new commandment to love.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 2 Jasmine Bellamy welcomes Dr. Nicole Davis to The Call to Love Experience to examine 1 Corinthians 13. Framed by Lectio Divina and the Prayer of Examen, Jasmine and Nicole engage in a communal conversation about love as an invitation to spiritual awakening. Nicole Davis, PhD, is an ordained pastor, certified mediator, conflict coach, Christian life coach, and a United States Navy veter...

Welcome to The Call to Love Experience! This podcast accompanies the live video event on Facebook and YouTube. The Call to Love Experience is an invitation to join us on a spiritual journey to reorient ourselves in Love. On this spiritual journey of transformation we will be engaging scripture and spiritual practices in this communal setting to cultivate our love practice. There are three parts to...