Rev. Rafe Ellis is the Senior Minister and Spiritual Leader of Center for Spiritual Living Common Ground in central Maryland. He is an Ordained Minister of Centers for Spiritual Living (CSL).
Among a huge collection of educational credentials, Rafe holds a B.A. in Social Work and Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Consciousness Studies from Holmes Institute and a Certificate of Ministerial Education from the Centers for Spiritual Living School of Spiritual Leadership. He's been a Social Worker, Fire Fighter, Emergency Medical Technician, Deputy Sheriff, business owner and lapidary artist.
Rafe's is a life-long social activist. He brings 66 years of lived intersectionality as a white skinned female-to-male (FTM) transgender person, raised as a cisgender female in a predominantly African American community. He now lives his authentic life.
He currently serves as a member of Maryland Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth’s Interfaith Advisory Council.
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Living Into Truth and Hope: Mental Equivalents with Rafe Ellis
Rev. Rafe Ellis joins Jim to talk about using our beliefs to create a 'mental equivalent' that empowers life. Are you fighting and pushing against things? Or, are you creating what you WANT in your life? Where are you putting your energy? The Great Mystery can't be defined but is lived through e...