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Holy ShenanigansLove Inspired New Year ResolutionsKickstart the New Year as we embrace 2026 through the lens of love-inspired New Year's resolutions. Dive into reflections from Bonnie Smith Whitehouse's 'Season of Wonder' and hear uplifting stories of simple, everyday acts of love—from sharing pens and art to donning joy sweaters and making Sunday soup. Let's explore how ordinary gestures can bring more life, liberation, creation, and love into our world. Join us in walking the way of love in this special New Year's episode.Gratitude to Rev. Ellen Corcella for her support of HSP!Book References:Seasons of Wonder by...
2026-01-0120 min
Faith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaShe Kept Living: Wisdom Gained Through Grief with Rev. Dr. Lynel BeatyIn this episode, Rev. Dr. Lynel Beaty speaks with host Ellen Corcella about navigating grief. Dr. Beaty recounts her deeply personal story of her husband's unexpected death at 60 years old, illuminating the pain, dashed expectations, and upended relationships that follow the loss of a loved one. Dr. Beaty reminds us that such events may shatter our faith, but faith also allows us to reframe our grief and remind us to keep living.Key Lessons from This EpisodeThere will be hard times where we simply go through the motions of life.Over time, we can...
2025-12-1731 min
Faith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaIt takes a Revolution of the Heart: Dorothy Day, Faith, Food and Radical HumanityWhen the safety net tears. When hunger returns to the faces of children. When we're tempted to turn away from our neighbor's suffering—what then?In this episode, Ellen Corcella explores the life and legacy of Dorothy Day, a bohemian writer who became one of the twentieth century's most powerful voices for the poor. Day's journey from Greenwich Village radical to Catholic Worker founder offers profound lessons for anyone seeking to live out their faith in action.Through Day's famous call for a "revolution of the heart," this episode examines what it means to:Re...
2025-12-0419 min
Faith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaWe All We Got, We All We Need: The Indiana Fever's Season of Impossible ResilienceIn this episode, host Ellen Corcella explores the Fever's extraordinary season of comebacks and draws powerful lessons about resilience that apply to our own seasons of crushed expectations and losses.Key ThemesSupport, Trust, and Community: Building genuine connection in the face of chaosBelief in the Transcendent: The power of "we all we got, we all we need"Meaning and Purpose: Feeling valued and valuable in communityAdaptability and Flexibility: Bending without breaking when circumstances changeFuture Orientation: Keeping our eyes on what's aheadFeatured StoryThe 2025 Indiana Fever season—a case study in resilience th...
2025-10-2315 min
Faith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaHow Do We Walk with the Vulnerable? Wise words with Jennifer Garcia Bashaw at the Wild Goose FestivalWhat if we've been reading the Gospels wrong? In this powerful conversation recorded live at the 2025 Wild Goose Festival, theologian and author Jennifer Bashaw challenges us to flip the script on familiar Gospel stories. Instead of focusing solely on Jesus's death, Bashaw reveals how Jesus consistently positioned himself alongside society's scapegoats—women, the poor, infirm and the outsider. Through this lens, we discover how Jesus exposed the scapegoating mechanisms that create victims in the first place. This episode will transform how you read Scripture and help all of us recognize the dangerous patterns of scapegoating still playing out in ou...
2025-09-1913 min
Faith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaHoly Shenanigans at the Wild Goose FestivalWhat happens when you wander into an open-air festival seeking spirit and justice and find a whole community committed to using music, art, conversation and community to engage faith-inspired social justice. This episode explores how encounters with poetry, music, people and community can transform our understanding of ourselves, our despair and lead us to the sacred spaces where healing happens.Join Faith & Resilience host Ellen Corcella as she shares her serendipitous encounter with Rev. Tara Eastman at the Wild Goose Festival. Tara is and Host of the Podcast “Holy Shenanigans.” Tara asked me to speak with...
2025-09-1115 min
Holy ShenanigansFinding Faith and Resilience through Poetry with Ellen Corcella/Wild Goose Festival 2025Join Tara Eastman in this heartwarming episode recorded at the Wild Goose Festival 2025, as she interviews Ellen Corcella, an ordained minister with the Christian Church Disciples of Christ and author of the book Walk with Me. Ellen shares her transformative experience with Mary Oliver's poem 'Wild Geese,' which provided her with hope and clarity during a challenging time in her life. Ellen discusses how this poem, along with her journey through seminary and chaplaincy, led her to understand the importance of witnessing and being a compassionate presence for others. Listen as Ellen reads the powerful 'Wild Geese' poem...
2025-09-0211 minFaith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaGetting Back Up: John Lewis’ Legacy of ResilienceIn this powerful episode, Ellen Corcella explores the concept of resilience through the extraordinary life of Congressman John Lewis. Drawing from the Latin root resiliere ("to leap back"), she examines how faith can be the foundation for bouncing back from life's most challenging circumstances and achieving our goals. Through Lewis's example of getting back up after every beating, arrest, and setback during the Civil Rights Movement, listeners discover practical ways to build resilience in their lives.Key Topics CoveredThe Etymology of Resilience: Understanding resiliere - "to leap back"John Lewis's Faith-Fueled Resilience...
2025-07-3117 min
How to Heal Our DividesEllen Corcella – “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma“Please enjoy this interview with Ellen Corcella for her excellent book “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma“Learn more at ellencorcella.com
2025-07-2431 min
Find Your Next CallingEllen Corcella – “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma“Please enjoy this interview with Ellen Corcella for her excellent book “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma“Learn more at ellencorcella.com
2025-07-2431 min
Faith and Justice Book GroupEllen Corcella – “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma“Please enjoy this interview with Ellen Corcella for her excellent book “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma“Learn more at ellencorcella.com
2025-07-2431 minFaith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaHow One Woman Built an “Empire of Hope’ When Everyone Said “No!”The Faith & Resilience Podcast explores the complexity of our lives while illuminating paths towards healing and hope, examining the sacred values that anchor us to who we are and who we can be despite the turbulence, trauma, and anxiety of our contemporary lives.Episode SummaryIn this inspiring episode, host Ellen Corcella explores the extraordinary life of Mother Frances Cabrini, drawing from the recent film "Cabrini." Despite facing enormous opposition from church and city officials, this poor immigrant nun arrived in New York City in 1889 and built the largest charitable organization in...
2025-07-1014 minFaith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaBuilding a Spiritual FoundationEllen Corcella – Author, speaker, faith leader, and ordained minister with the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ. Ellen’s new book, Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma, illustrates that when we embrace our own woundedness, we can become sources of healing and hope for ourselves and others. Learn more at www.ellencorcella.com In this episode, Ellen explores how our greatest strength isn't found in external measures of success but in our spiritual foundation, something that can never be taken away. She also delves into practical ways to connect with our spiritual core, and how t...
2025-06-2618 minFaith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaGenerosity, Faith & Spiritual Well-BeingIn this episode, Ellen Corcella, author, speaker and ordained minister, explores the values that anchor us to who we are and who we can be despite the turbulence, trauma and anxiety in our lives. Rev. Corcella lifts up a countercultural faith perspective on generosity in which we are encouraged to be open to sharing, giving and integrating with others and our community. The podcast shares ways in which generosity opens our hearts to ourselves, each other and our communities. 1. Generosity loosens the grip on our hearts, allowing us to enter the world in grace and t...
2025-06-1220 minFaith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaPeace & Spiritual HealthIn this episode, Ellen Corcella, author, speaker and ordained minister, explores the values that anchor us to who we are and who we can be despite the turbulence, trauma and anxiety in our lives. Rev. Corcella lifts up the selection of Robert Francis Prevost, as the successor to Pope Francis. To be known as Pope Leo XIV, the new Pope’s first words to the assembled crowd outside of St. Peter’s Basilica were “Peace be with you.” Pope Leo XIV’s words harken back to Jesus’ words when he greeted his followers in the upper room after his resurrection...
2025-05-2221 minFaith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaWe are the BelovedIn this episode, Ellen Corcella, author, speaker and ordained minister, introduces the podcast’s goal – explores the values that anchor us to who we are and who we can be despite the turbulence, trauma and anxiety in our lives. Rev. Corcella take a look at the spiritually exhausting demands of secular life, those external factors that have little to do with who we are as children of God. The question is how can we begin to anchor ourselves in times of stress, worry, uncertainty and confusion. Rev. Corcella reminds us that we are loved by God, that we are God’...
2025-05-0814 minFaith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaThe Power of HopeIn this pilot episode, Ellen Corcella, author, speaker and ordained minister, introduces the podcast’s goal – to explore and cultivate the values that anchor us to who we are and who we can be despite the turbulence, trauma and anxiety in our lives. Rev. Corcella talks about how we see hope, how hope has motivated individuals throughout history to advocate for justice, fairness, and better treatment of each other even when it seems impossible and how hope motivates us as individuals and communities of faith to continue to lift up love, compassion, hospitality and generosity in a world that ofte...
2025-04-2411 minFaith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaWelcome to Faith and Resilience with Ellen CorcellaEllen writes and speaks about the intricate relationships between faith, spirit, trauma, and resilience. Aiming to unearth pathways for deeper faith integration and heightened resilience in times of adversity, she urges us to embody love, mercy, courage and hospitality. Ellen’s forthcoming book, Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma, illustrates that when we embrace our own woundedness, we can become sources of healing and hope for ourselves and others. Learn more at www.ellencorcella.com.
2025-04-2101 min