Turn on 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org (and press the play button) to hear Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper ~ Sunday Edition for a third interview today at noon with Father Berto of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church:
The Reverend José Roberto (Berto) Gándara-Perea began his ministry at Emmanuel Episcopal in 2014. Berto is a native of Puerto Rico. He has been a priest for 34 years and has served in the Dominican Republic, Belgium, Spain, Puerto Rico, and in New York City. Berto has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Master in Theology. He obtained four other post-master’s degrees from universities in Belgium, Spain, and New York. Berto is passionate about parish ministry, Christian mysticism, contemplative spirituality, photography, and inter-religious dialogue. He shares his life with his spouse, the Reverend Hugh McPhail Grant, who is also an Episcopal priest and works primarily on the island as a psychotherapist, but assists at Emmanuel preaching and with pastoral care.
Topics in the first interview: what is God, what is Jesus, the beauty in other religions, the language that separates Christians, the symbolic and the diabolic, hell, resisting simplifying and resting in complexity, and more.
Topics in the second interview: what is the Bible, being a Roman Catholic priest and then an Episcopal priest, interpreting and discerning the Bible, silent retreat, and more.
Topics in today’s third interview: what is prayer, favorite aspects of other religions, and more.
This episode will appear on the Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper podcast after it airs on the radio. You can also find each weekly episode online on Amazon Music (tell your Alexa: “play the podcast Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper” and the latest episode will begin playing), ApplePodcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Podchaser, BoomPlay, and PodBean.
Biographical information from Emmanuel’s website
