Ray and Star Silverman are authors and program developers who lead seminars on spiritual development, creative conflict transformation, and relationship enhancement. Their popular seminar, Rise Above It: Spiritual Development through the Ten Commandments has been taught across America, as well as in Africa, Japan, Korea, France, Brazil, England, Sweden, Japan, Australia, and in the Philippines. Portions of the book have been translated into Czech, Swedish, Japanese, French, Portuguese, and Korean. They are currently working on a new book based on their course, The Spiritual Dimensions of Marriage.
Ray has a Ph.D. in English and Education (University of Michigan), M.A.T in English (Wesleyan University), and M.Div. (Academy of the New Church). Star has an M.A. in Education (University of Denver).
Ray and Star have been married 32 years. They have seven children ages 21 through 30 and live in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania.
Ray currently serves as Chaplain and Assistant Professor of Religion at Bryn Athyn College. He has also taught at Mercer University (Atlanta) in both their university and prison programs. He has served as the pastor of the Pittsburgh New Church and the Atlanta New Church and hosted the radio talk show, Words of Spirit and Life. He is the editor/reviser of Helen Keller's spiritual autobiography, Light in My Darkness. Ray can be seen in Shining Soul, a new film documentary about the spiritual journey of Helen Keller.
In 1986 Ray and Star became certified Marriage Enrichment Trainers (Association of Couples for Marriage Enrichment), studying with David and Vera Mace, the founders of the marriage enrichment movement. They have also completed training sessions in PREP: Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (with Susan Blumberg, Scott Stanley, and Howard Markman), Imago: Couplehood as a Spiritual Path (with Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt), and Life Coaching with Couples (with Patrick Williams and Lisa Kramer).
