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The SGTI BLOG
Engaging Children in Their Humanness
When we pursue the spiritual life, we pursue the human life. What does it mean to be human? And, what does it mean for a child to be human?
How Do You Grow a Heart As Wide As the World?
At SGTI, we assist our students in developing "sacred listening."
Multiple Religious Labels
At SGTI, we celebrate the multitude of religious identities as well as the identities of race, ethnicity, class, gender, ability, sexual/attractional orientation, age, socio-economic class, work, education, veteran status and more.
Congratulations to Our Graduates!
On a January day in 2019, we celebrated the graduation of SGTI's first cohort of interfaith/interspiritual guides.
Contemplative Practices as Expressed by Current Students
At the SGTI we have been impressed over and over again by the beautiful and honest reflections that have been submitted to us.
The Mindful Pilgrimage
Full of quotes and wisdom from interfaith and interspiritual leaders, this book helps you start or end your day with intention for the journey.
SGTI in Chicagoland News
Voyage Chicago recently featured SGTI’s Jeanette Banashak
Interspiritual Meditation, Part 5
Hindu Meditation - Part 5 of a 5-part series
Interspiritual Meditation, Part 4
Christian Meditation, Part 4 of a 5-part series
Interspiritual Meditation, Part 3
Taoist Meditation, Part 3 of a 5-part series
Interspiritual Meditations, Part 2
Buddhist Meditation, Part 2 of a 5-part series
Interspiritual Meditations
A Sufi Meditation, Part 1 of a 5-part series
Companioning Myself
What happens when we feel viscerally affected by what we see?
Six Mindfulness Apps
6 appls to help you cultivate presence and compassion in your life.
Students Have Deep Encounters with Islam
Questions for seekers in the spirit of the Five Pillars of Islam
Mutual Appreciation
Is the phrase “mutual appreciation” better than simply using the word “tolerance?”
Long-Distance Spiritual Direction: Benefits, Blessings and Drawbacks
Should Spiritual Guidance always occur in person? Answers to this question have shifted over the years.
Millennials and Spirituality
Millennials are forming dedicated contemplative communities and exploring their inner lives in a more interspiritual way.
There Is a Crack in Everything
Five points that support the thesis that interfaith work is more difficult than at first glance.
Joining Together
SGTI celebrates its first residential