Welcome to the Office of Spiritual Life
Looking for a place to worship on campus, or in the area?
Want to talk with someone who can offer a faith perspective?
Interested in exploring Interfaith issues and activities?
For all of this and more, the Spiritual Life Office is here for you!
Whether you're a theist or atheist, devout practitioner or casual seeker... whatever your path, you are welcome here. Drop by, or make an appointment. I love meeting people, and strive to be of service to everyone in the IIT community.
Peace,
Lynne Meyer, Director of Spiritual Life
Evening Hours Available by Appointment
Courtesy of our friends at Faith in Place, Qaid Hassan is now offering local, zabeeha Thanksgiving turkeys for sale. ("Zabeeha" means slaughtered according to Islamic law.) These turkeys are raised in central Illinois without any hormones or animal by-products or antibiotics. He ensures that the entire flock is humanely raised and sacrificed without stunning. Support local food, support the local economy! For more information, go to http://localecoturkeys.eventbrite.com/ and use the password "cluck". Thanksgiving orders must be placed by November 16th.
UPCOMING EVENT:
- “It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.” ~His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- “You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.” ~ Saint Augustine
- “There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle.” ~Robert Alden
- “All beginnings require that you unlock a new door.” ~Rebbi Nachman of Breslov
- “When you eat a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.” ~Vietnamese proverb
- “ There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.” ~ Black Elk
- "Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy." ~Abraham Joshua Heschel
- “It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.” ~Mother Teresa
- “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “For it is in giving that we receive.” ~Saint. Francis of Assisi
- “Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.” ~Maimonides
- “One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.” ~Albert Schweitzer
- “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” ~Helen Keller
- “I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.” ~Kahlil Gibran
- “It does not require many words to speak the truth.” ~Chief Joseph
- “Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
- "When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others." ~Peace Pilgrim
- "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~Anne Frank
- “We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.” ~Gwendolyn Brooks
- “I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” ~Og Mandino
- “Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.” ~The Buddha