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