Mission:

Alignment intends to create a community of understanding among people of faith and those who seek spiritual meaning in their lives by teaching and providing experiences of and resources for contemplative spiritual practices from different faith and spiritual traditions (including Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Baha’i, Native American).

Alignment accomplishes this by providing a palette of programs, experiences, and resources, both online and in person, including seasonal daily online calendars of spiritual practices for individuals; weekly half-hour sessions sharing contemplative experiences using music, poetry, prayer, meditation, art, the natural world, and faith practices both ancient and contemporary; quarterly in-person contemplative retreats led by diverse faith leaders; and original articles about interfaith contemplative practices published in religious journals.

Vision:

To create a national and international interfaith community of understanding and practice that is grounded in the experience of the divine, that will bridge and expand individuals’ own faith traditions, and that will deepen individuals’ spiritual lives and connections to the divine and one another; To discover and expand resources for interfaith contemplative practice; To thereby undergird work for justice in the world.

Alignment: Interfaith Contemplative Practices is a 501(c)(3) non-profit recognized by the IRS. EIN: 92-1324778

Our Board of Directors: Rev. Barbara Chaapel, Asheq Fazlullah, Rev. Dr. Uruzula Glienecke, Molly Hicks, Hazzan Harold Messinger, Margaret Somerville