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Ali & Michael Malley

Co-Founded the Buddhist Christian Mother-Earth Church

(the BCMC) in 2009

after returning from a Thich Nhat Hanh Mindfulness Retreat.

(They had been attending Thay’s Mindfulness Retreats since the 1990s.)

 

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Michael (aka Mišhko Mícheál) serves as the BCMC’s Parson

and Ali is the BCMC’s Youth Programming Coordinator.

 

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Michael & Ali

met years ago as Elementary School Teachers.

They are the Parents of four Children ranging in age from 11 to 30

and they have two young Grandchildren.

 

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In 2017,

Mišhko Mícheál graduated from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO)

with a Master of Divinity degree, specializing in Ecological Theology.

As a Seminarian at MTSO, Michael melded his focus areas of

Buddhism, Christianity, & Mother Earth Spirituality in every class.

 

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Together with his work as Parson of the BCMC,

Mišhko Mícheál is also a Storyteller, Public Speaker, and a Wordsmith, 

and he offers One-on-One Mindfulness Coaching in Columbus, Ohio and online.

Ali and Michael also team up to offer

Workshops on Mindfulness for Families and Programs on Spiritual HomeSchooling.

 

 

 

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Along with Ali & Michael’s dedication to the BCMC,

their Spiritual Lives

have been shaped by

Ali’s Gardening & Vegetarian Cooking,

Mišhko Mícheál’s Storytelling Work & Writing,

the Homeschooling of their three youngest Children,

and (at least in their better moments!)…

 

 

Focusing their Energies on

Investing in Community with Family & Friends,

Resisting Freneticism,

Valuing Lightness & Play,

and Re-Sacralizing our World & our Lives.

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