Rev. Diane Berke
Rev. Diane Berke is the Founder and Spiritual Director of One Spirit Learning Alliance and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. Ordained in 1988, she is a respected pioneer in the field of interfaith/interspiritual education and has trained and ordained roughly 1500 interfaith/interspiritual ministers over the course of her work.
In addition to her ordination, Diane holds advanced degrees in sociology, psychology, and therapeutic counseling, and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York State. She is also certified as a facilitator of the Circles of Trust® work of the Center for Courage and Renewal. In addition to her work with One Spirit, she maintains a private practice in spiritual counseling/spiritual companioning.
Diane is the author of three books, Love Always Answers, The Gentle Smile, and Developing and Deepening Your Spiritual Practice, as well as numerous educational manuals. She has been a member of the faculty of Andrew Harvey’s Institute for Sacred Activism, a founding member of the Contemplative Alliance of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, and is currently a member of the core team of Transformation365, an online initiative to support people in cultivating or deepening a contemplative practice.
