"Supported by a caring community of staff and students, there is a basic safety at ChI which allows one to surrender to the process of internal work. Without embracing dogma, there are no rote answers to fall back on. By undertaking inner work, a voice grounded in experience is created, bringing a legitimacy and wisdom that cannot be faked. Surrender to spirit becomes the sacred foundation for an interfaith perspective." (Sharon Leman)
"Even though our religious traditions can seem to be wildly different on the surface, underneath they address the same fundamental human needs—how to fix what is broken, how to forgive and let go, how to connect to others, how to be in relationship with the Mystery we in the West call God." (Rev. John Mabry, ChI Faculty)
"ChI is not only a course of study leading to Ordination. It is a deepening, enriching process that opens each of us to the core of who we truly are, with all our gifts and challenges, and provides us with internal and practical skills so that we may better serve." (Rev. Nancy Schluntz)
