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May 19
1 min

Watch: A New Research Institute Guides Our Understanding of a New Generation

In this debut episode of our new web series, we talk with Dr. Josh Packard, Executive Director of the Springtide Research Institute.

Apr 7
3 min

Vennly is Spiritual Guidance in your Pocket

Photo: Brian Landau, Co-Founder, and CEO at Vennly We at Glean Network love to learn how people integrate spirituality into their daily l...

May 15, 2019
2 min

Rev. Que English, Start Cohort 3: Calling on Faith to Fight Human Trafficking

"It was in 2013 at the first conference for the NYC Clergy Roundtable that faith leaders sat in shock, anger, dismay, and disbelief. Afte...

Apr 11, 2019
2 min

Marking a Key Life Moment? Find a Ritual Guide for your DIY Ritual

Our wisdom traditions carry powerful rituals, many of which speak to timeless human needs: processing grief, celebrating birth, or healin...

Mar 12, 2019
1 min

Rev. Ruth Rinehart Opens Doors to Long-Term Residential Recovery Community

"My name is Levi Hall, and for the past ten years, I have been living the life of a homeless drug addict with a serious alcohol problem. ...

Feb 10, 2019
1 min

Staff Transitions: Welcoming Cameron Chaleff; Thanking Alan Harlam

We're thrilled to welcome Cameron Chaleff, our Innovation Intern, to the Glean Team! A Junior at Brown University, Cameron is passionate ...

Feb 10, 2019
1 min

Glean Alumus Dr. Kursat Ozenc: Reimagining Rituals for Work

We've learned an incredible amount from our teacher Dr. Kursat Ozenc about the power of ritual from our faith and cultural traditions and...

Feb 9, 2019
2 min

Reimagining the skills of clergy: START Participant Rev. W. Taft Harris

Much of the narrative surrounding religion in America is one of scarcity and erosion -- places of worship closing at record rates, attend...

Feb 9, 2019
2 min

Building a Home for the "Nones": START Participant Drew Rau

Much of the narrative surrounding religion in America is one of scarcity and erosion -- places of worship closing at record rates, attend...

Dec 18, 2018
1 min

Spotlight: Samra Ali, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation

Samra Ali, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation The 2018-2019 START cohort kicked-off in-person in mid-November, convening 24 faith leaders fr...

Dec 18, 2018
1 min

Spotlight: Ariele Mortkowitz, SVIVAH

Ariele Mortkowitz, Founder of SVIVAH The 2018-2019 START cohort kicked-off in-person in mid-November, convening 24 faith leaders from aro...

Dec 18, 2018
1 min

Rabbi Elan Babchuck at TEDx Providence

Glean Network's Founding Director, Rabbi Elan Babchuck, took the stage at TEDx Providence this fall, sharing powerful reflections on meas...

Dec 6, 2018
1 min

START Ventures Prepare to Take Off

Participants in START, our venture development program with Columbia Business School, have been hard at work. We convened the 24 faith le...

Aug 21, 2018
1 min

Last call to apply to Glean's transformative fall programs, Shift and Start

September application deadlines are approaching quickly for our fall programs, Shift and Start! Click here to see program details, meet t...

Aug 21, 2018
1 min

"What got you here won't get you there": Meet Shift's faculty who want to share the mindsets and too

Everywhere we look, we see reports of decline in our religious institutions -- membership dwindling, buildings closing, and a rising gene...

Aug 21, 2018
1 min

Have an idea to change the world? Hear how our alumni launched sustainable ventures with Start

Through an intensive, 20-week MBA-level program in Spiritual Entrepreneurship from Columbia Business School, you’ll transform your passio...

Aug 20, 2018
1 min

What's inspiring us

The great unbundling: Will organized religion go the same way as cable TV? "This unbundling by the consumer, and the ensuing mash-ups tha...

Jul 11, 2018
3 min

Love the Problem, Not Your Solution

If you had told me a dozen years ago - when I was considering applying to rabbinical school - that not only would I be working outside th...

May 23, 2018
1 min

Glean alumni Dr. Kursat Ozenc and Rabbi Gil Steinlauf featured in The Atlantic

Dr. Kursat Ozenc, a Stanford dSchool facilitator and co-leader of the Ritual Design Lab in Silicon Valley, and Rabbi Gil Steinlauf, Senio...

May 23, 2018
1 min

Spiritual Entrepreneurship by example: Rev. Maurice Winley

The Glean team was blessed when Rev. Maurice Winley stepped into our world, teaching by example the grace, effectiveness, and passion of ...

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