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Be Love, Be Honest, Be Useful
As a part of the initiative of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, founder Rev. Sage Cole hosts Be Love interviews, Be Honest conversations on faith and justice and Be Useful Community Spotlights, as well as sharing her own Be Love, Be Honest, Be Useful reflections and meditations.
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Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulPeace Now, Not Later
It truly is a miracle to be alive. Of all the different species that we might have ended up as on this planet, a fish or a cat, a whale or a hummingbird, we…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulLogopraxis: Four Practitioners on Reading, Tasks, and Regeneration
Rev. Sage Cole opens the first featured community spotlight with four Logopraxis practitioners: Annie Drake, Kevin Stevens, Erika Brown and Hal Rosner. Instead…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulWhat a month of upended plans taught me about worthy purpose
Good morning, friends. Take a breath with me, maybe. Take one of those big exhales that I’m suggesting we all give ourselves. I’ve come into more clarity these…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulLove, Wisdom and Use: A way to know God.
In this Be Honest Conversation Rev. Sage is joined by Tirah Keal, founder of Bloom Haven Spiritual Community Center, Tirah’s husband, Rev. Solomon Keal…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulMy village at the moment.
Well, here we are on Wednesday, my formal Sabbath day, and I find myself continuing to long for a village. I’m recording the sky I’m looking at instead of…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: “This is eternal work.”
Hal Rosner is a retired arborist, living in Philadelphia. He and his wife Jennifer are the parents of two adult children and three grandchildren. Together they…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: “Living seeing the miracle.”
Annie Drake is a Logopraxis Life Group facilitator and General Manager of a large ready-mix concrete company in Fort Myers, Florida. Born in Santiago, Chile…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA Room of One's Own
*Full confession, I use the free version of Claude AI to suggest the titles for videos, edit the transcripts that I include here, and create the social media…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulThe New Jerusalem: Truth, hope and the spiritual journey
Rev. Sage Cole is joined by Rev. Catherine Lauber and Rev. David Moffat, fellow New Church ministers, for an honest conversation about the New Jerusalem and…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulThe Longing That Doesn’t Go Away
Friends, I am feeling weary today. I wonder about you. I don’t have a lot of words. I don’t have a lot of energy. I don’t have a lot of knowing. What I seem to…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulThe big exhale we all need.
Big exhale. I wonder if you could use a big exhale at this moment right now. I’m taking a little bit of a risk with this video today, because there’s a lot…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulChoosing from a deeper place.
Hi, welcome. I welcome you, I welcome myself, and I welcome this moment. And I invite you to join me for a short, less than 12 minute meditation time of being…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAltar Space: Helen Keller
Greetings, friends, and welcome back to my altar. This morning I want to share this picture, which some of you probably recognize — a picture of the great…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAltar Space: The Painting from Holy Hill
For my altar space offering today, I want to speak a bit about this painting right here behind my chair. This was painted by a seminary classmate of mine, a…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAltar Space: Carrying the flame of Rev. Dorothea Harvey.
Continuing this series on what's on my altar and why: this week, a candle handed down to me by a lineage of women leaders. Welcome to my altar space. This…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAltar Space: The Ascension
Hello friends, happy Sunday. Welcome to Altar Space. This week I am pleased to be sharing this wood carving that I have hanging in my altar area, next to my…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 9: The Church
Join me, Reverend Sage Cole, founder of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, each week as I share different doctrinal truths of the New Church —…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAltar Space: Swedenborg's Rules of Life
This week: Swedenborg’s Rules of Life For my next installment, I’m taking you to a different part of my room — right next to my bed, by my bedside table. This…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 8: Jesus & The Divine Humanity
Join me, Reverend Sage Cole, founder of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, each week as I share different doctrinal truths of the New Church —…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 7: The Word
Join me, Reverend Sage Cole, founder of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, each week as I share different doctrinal truths of the New Church that…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAltar Space: Lying Down Lady
Welcome. I’m so pleased this week to share this painting with you — it’s called Lying Down Lady, a mountain range in Anchorage, Alaska. There are a lot of…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 6: Regeneration
Join me, Reverend Sage Cole, founder of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, each week as I share different doctrinal truths of the New Church that…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAltar Space: Emanuel Swedenborg
Continuing this series on what's on my altar and why: this week, a portrait of the man whose vision shapes my whole ministry. Hey friends, welcome to week two…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 5: Heaven & Hell
Join me, Reverend Sage Cole, founder of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, each week as I share different doctrinal truths of the New Church —…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAltar Space: The mandala
This week I'm starting something new: each week, I want to share a piece of my altar — the objects, art, and touchstones that surround me in the space where I…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 4: Divine Providence
Join me, Reverend Sage Cole, founder of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, each week as I share different doctrinal truths of the New Church that…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 3: Spiritual Freedom
Welcome to Notes from the New Heaven. Join me, Reverend Sage Cole, founder of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, each week as I share different…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 2: God as Love, Wisdom & Use
Welcome to Notes from the New Heaven. Join me, Reverend Sage Cole, founder of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative, each week as I share different…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulEpisode 1: The New Jerusalem
Join us this summer for a 12 part series on my experience with doctrinal pillars of the New Church. In the fall I’ll host larger Be Honest Livestream…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA Be Honest Update
In this heartfelt message, Rev. Sage Cole shares her reflections on the legacy of going one’s own way, the tension between independence and connection, and her…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA New Church is Descending: Embracing Transformation and Regeneration
There is something happening in me. My suspicion is it’s happening in you, and all over this planet right now. My best understanding of what is happening is…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA Be Honest Conversation: LGBTQIA Identity Love, Gender, Marriage & Sexuality
Today’s podcast is a recording of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative’s third Live Streamed Be Honest Conversation, LGBTQIA Identity: Love, Gender…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be Useful"Curating myself to be consumable is creating more chaos,"
Greetings, friends. Happy Sunday. I hope this message finds you well — at least in a place where you are safe and resourced enough to sit and watch a video on…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulIt's good to appreciate the paths that got us here.
Greetings, friends. The message I want to bring today — the one I’m sitting with — is that it’s good to appreciate where we’ve been and all of the people and…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulHelen Keller: Becoming the Holy City Inside & Out
Ah what a beautiful weekend I am returning from at the Lord’s New Church in Bryn Athyn, PA where I got to speak about Helen, collaborate on a retreat with…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "I'm not afraid of being taught, in fact I love it."
Rev. Robert McCluskey holds a B.A. and M.A. in philosophy, with a focus on Greek philosophy, modern idealism, existentialism, and hermeneutics. He is a…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA Be Honest Conversation: Swedenborgian Anti-Racism Them & Now.
Today’s podcast is a recording of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative’s second Live Streamed Be Honest Conversation, Swedenborgian Anti-Racism Then &…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA Be Honest Conversation: "How are we called to act in the face of suffering and injustice?"
Today’s Be Honest conversation emerged when Be Love Podcast guest the Rev. Edward Kent Rogers reached out to Alex and I after our recent episode Asking to…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA Be Honest Conversation: "Water is life,"
Circe Moss MacDonald was a guest on the Be Love Podcast in May 2025 and its a joy to have her back this morning for a more topical Be Honest Conversation about…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "Love really allows people to show up as they are."
Parker McMullen Bushman (She/They) is an innovative leader, speaker, and facilitator dedicated to creating transformative experiences that promote diversity…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulAn Easter Invite
I’m not done wanting to be church. I’m not done believing that I can be a part of loving co-creative spiritual community where together with others I can…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA Be Honest Conversation: Gender Equity & The New Jerusalem.
Today’s podcast is a recording of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative’s first LiveStreamed Be Honest Conversation Series: Gender Equity & The New…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA Be Honest Conversation: "Amplifying Women's Voices and Spiritual Leadership in the New Church."
Enjoy this first episode of our new Be Honest Conversation Series exploring topics of faith and justice on the journey of becoming a new church. Today we speak…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe the beloved community, inside and out.
Be love. Be here. Be as you are. Knowing that underneath, and in, and through, and at the core of your experience right now is the energy of love. A holy…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "Everyone is doing the best that they can."
Alex Gayheart (they/them) is the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative Executive Assistant, a retired after 20+ years School Administrator, a very…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulLoving the bit of earth we inhabit
Transcript: Hey friends, it’s Sage. I’m here with my dog, Princess on probably the first day that it’s been possible to come to the park since the snow has…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulA message from your bookshelf.
Hi, how are you today? I’m coming to you from your bookshelf. Do you have a bookshelf in your home? A place where you keep your stories, the tales and reports…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "Let's Be Honest,"
Dear friends, I took my time in today’s podcast to share more about the invitation to Honesty, in my trinity Be Love, Be Honest, Be Useful. Grounded in Love…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "Commit to common cause with each other."
Ethan served various places across the US and spent five years serving a congregation in London England. He’s currently a pastor of Sunrise Chapel in Tucson…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulIf you are feeling a mess…
A messy message for this morning ❤️ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "The mission is on."
Bob Kwesi Hagan is the residential pastor for the New Church Convention in Ghana, Africa. He is a seminary graduate at the GTU in Berkeley. Bob has a mission…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "Everything we need is here."
Rev. Alison Longstaff Moore was raised in the conservative branch of Swedenborgianism and remained active in it until her mid forties when she resigned from…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "I want to love other people and talk about the most important things."
This week the tables are turned as long time friend and Executive Assistant of the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative Alex Gayheart interviews me for a…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: “Life is a labyrinth, not a maze.”
Alan Cowley is a pastor, artist, musician, and labyrinth designer based in Horsham, Pennsylvania. He has served as pastor of Michael Church (London, UK), The…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "I had to become a follower."
A Swedenborgian since 1984 when she first joined the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church under the ministership of Rev. Edwin Capon, Tassy Farwell serves as…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "Sacred disillusionment."
Rev. Thom Muller is pastor at the Swedenborgian Society of the East Bay at Hillside, an Urban Sanctuary, in El Cerrito, CA, senior editor of Our Daily Bread…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "I never despair."
Rev. George Magero is the pastor of New Church Railways Kisii Kenya, an independent New Church congregation. He co-leads a Global New Church Prayer Circle with…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "Make yourself available for the Divine to come through."
Pernilla Lillarose is a certified Hakomi practitioner with over 25 years of experience. As a Self-Love Mentor and Spiritual Guide, she empowers women to…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulWe can begin again.
Do you know that you can, we can, begin again anytime. That actually the whole energy of life is inviting us every moment to start anew. And at this middle…
Be Love, Be Honest, Be UsefulBe Love: "Now I have to tell the truth."
Rachel Sagerman is a somatic guide, teacher, and longtime student of the body as a source of truth. Her work weaves together embodiment, feminine wisdom, and…