For “On the Spiritual Road,” I’m looking to interview:

  1. People who have a powerful story of how they came to find their religion/faith.
    -  Additional elements could include why they believe what they believe and how they practice their religion/faith in today’s society
  2. People who can educate me on a religion/faith.
    -  They could be religious experts, religious leaders or social leaders of a religion (Examples: Dalai Lama, Rick Warren, Joel Osteen)
    -  Or celebrity followers of a religion (Examples: Tim Tebow, Mitt Romney, Tom Cruise)

Below are the interviews that I have completed on the road thus far. The list will be updated as interviews for “On the Spiritual Road” take place.

  • Meditation Creativity Peace: A Documentary of David Lynch’s 16-Country Tour
    Transcendental Meditation
    6/20/13
  • Dignity of Difference: A Day of Interfaith Learning Conference
    Rochester, NY
    6/2/13
  • Gordon Webster
    Interfaith
    President, American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam
    Rochester, NY
    5/20/13
  • Larry Pardo
    Transcendental Meditation (TM)
    Rochester, NY
    5/15/13
  • Panel discussion on Compassion in Buddhism and Christianity
    Immanuel Baptist Church
    Rochester, NY
    5/14/13
  • Kit Miller
    Director, M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
    Rochester, NY
    5/13/13
  • M. Gratia L’Esperance, RSM
    Roman Catholic
    Sister of Mercy (nun)
    Rochester, NY
    5/9/13
  • Marie Gibson
    Eclectic Christian
    Executive Director, Faith In Action Network
    Rochester, NY
    5/8/13
  • Janet Attwood
    Author of, “The Passion Test”
    Fairfield, Iowa (phone)
    5/6/13
  • Kirtan (Hindu call and response chanting/singing)
    Led by Sonam Targee
    Rochester, NY
    5/3/13
  • Dr. Allison Stokes
    Interfaith
    Founder, Women’s Interfaith Institute
    Seneca Falls, NY
    5/1/13
  • Native American sweat lodge
    Sanctuary at Crowfield Farm
    Newark, NY
    4/27/13
  • Buddhist retreat
    Led by Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel
    Author, The Power of an Open Question
    Nazareth College, NY
    4/19/13
  • Rev. Paul Chaffee
    Interfaith
    Founding executive director, Interfaith Center at the Presidio
    Founder and editor of The Interfaith Observer (TIO)
    San Francisco, CA (phone)
    4/18/13
  • Joshua Stanton
    Interfaith
    Founding Co-Editor, Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue
    New York, NY (phone)
    4/17/13
  • Sue Kochan
    Buddhism
    CEO, BrandCool
    Rochester, NY
    4/16/13
  • John J. Iamaio
    Christian/Born Again
    Webster, NY
    4/12/13
  • Tutorial of Hinduism and tour of Hindu Temple
    by Chand Mehta
    Rochester, NY
    4/9/13
  • David Lindsay
    Christian/Born Again
    Rochester, NY
    4/7/13
  • Interfaith Banquet
    University of Rochester and M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
    Rochester, NY
    4/6/13
  • Brad VanAuken
    Unbounded
    Rochester, NY
    3/7/13
  • Umar Adeyola
    Islam
    Director, HEART Foundation
    Buffalo, NY
    3/5/13
  • Frank Howard
    Buddhism
    White Lotus Buddhist Center
    Rochester, NY
    3/4/13
  • Tina Saachi
    My Spirit Is Not Religious: A Guide To Living Your Authentic Life
    Phoenix, AZ (phone)
    3/4/13
  • Father Jim Callan
    Catholic
    Spiritus Christi
    Rochester, NY
    2/28/13
  • Jeff Sweeney
    Episcopalian
    Rochester, NY
    2/27/13
  • Kevin Davis
    Atheist
    Chili, NY
    2/25/13
  • Carey Corea
    Bahai
    Rochester, NY
    2/21/13
  • Steve Zaudtke
    Soul Speaking: Can your soul speak?
    Houston, TX (phone)
    2/20/13
  • Katie Jo Suddaby
    Senior Pastor, Baptist Temple
    Rochester, NY
    2/20/13
  • Chris Johnson
    Atheist (www.theatheistbook.com)
    Los Angeles, CA (Skype)
    2/19/13
  • Cary Jensen
    Stake President
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
    Rochester, NY
    2/5/13
  • Frank Lopez
    Born Again
    Rochester, NY
    2/5/13
  • Rabbi Debbi Till
    Director, Community Relations
    Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester
    Rochester, NY
    1/30/13
  • Rabbi Asher Yaras
    University of Rochester – Chabad House (Judaism)
    Rochester, NY
    1/24/13
  • Matt Redd
    Finding Christianity as an adult
    Charlotte, NC
    1/22/13
  • Paul Hammer, PhD
    Retired Professor of Biblical Interpretation
    Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
    United Church of Christ
    Rochester, NY
    1/15/13
  • Varadaraja “V.V.” Raman, PhD
    Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities
    Rochester Institute of Technology
    Hindu and more
    Ames, IA (Skype)
    1/15/13
  • Chand Mehta
    Hindu, Hindu Temple of Rochester
    Rochester, NY
    1/14/13
  • The Rev. Canon Dr. C. Denise Yarbrough
    Director, Religious and Spiritual Life
    University of Rochester, Interfaith Chapel
    Rochester, NY
    1/9/13
  • Muhammad Shafiq, PhD
    IIIT Chair in Interfaith Studies, Professor & Executive Director of The Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College
    Rochester, NY
    1/7/13