Living the Way of Love

Mary Bea Sullivan is a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary and Associate Rector at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a trained Spiritual Director and author. She leads retreats and facilitates small groups. She is the Chair of the Commission on Spirituality in the Diocese of Alabama and is on the faculty for the Metagem Institute. Prior to attending seminary, Mary Bea founded a community-based nonprofit "Project Compassion", in Chapel Hill, NC , which was a collaboration with Duke University, The University of North Carolina, faith communities, and retirement facilities. She is married to the Rev. Dr. Malcolm Marler who is Director of Pastoral Care at UAB Hospital. They have two adult children, Brendan and Kristin. Courtney Cowart, PhD, is the Executive Director of The Society for the Increase of the Ministry (SIM) and part of the Presiding Bishop’s council of advice. Formerly the Executive Director of the Beecken Center at the University of the South, Sewanee, she is author of "An American Awakening" and numerous articles. STEPHANIE SPELLERS serves as Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Canon for Evangelism and Reconciliation. The author of The Church Cracked Open, and The Episcopal Way (with Eric Law), she has directed mission and evangelism work at General Theological Seminary and in the Diocese of Long Island. A native of Kentucky and a graduate of both Episcopal Divinity School and Harvard Divinity School, she lives in Harlem, New York.