Jun 9, 2020
Welcome to Episode 72!
In this episode, I have the honor of speaking with the Reverend James Ishmael Ford.
The Reverend James Ishmael Ford has walked the spiritual path
for more than fifty years. He's danced with Sufis, studied with
Gnostics, lived in a Buddhist monastery and was ordained a Zen
priest. Later he was also ordained as a Unitarian Universalist
minister and preached from the high pulpits in old New England
churches. He was a co-founder of the Boundless Way Zen
network and was its first school abbot. Today he is
guiding teacher of the Empty Moon Zen Sangha
and leads the Anaheim
Zen sangha hosted by the UU Church in
Anaheim.
James served as a UU parish minister for twenty-five years. He is
minister-emeritus of the First Unitarian Church of
Providence. Today he serves as a consulting minister
with the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim and is an adjunct
professor at the University
of the West.
In addition to his role as a Zen priest and Unitarian Universalist Minister James also holds ordinations within the independent sacramental movement as well as several initiations within Inayat Khan Universalist Sufism.
He has blogged as Monkey Mind for more than a decade and is the featured speaker at the Empty Moon Zen YouTube channel.
Links:
Convergent Streams: The Premier ISM Magazine.
This podcast is hosted by David Oliver Kling and is produced by The Community of Saint George - a Young Rite jurisdiction.