Initiatives That Bring Our Mission to Life
Our initiatives bring spirituality to life through meaningful programs that nurture connection, compassion, and understanding. From honoring the sacred in nature to practicing compassion in action, each initiative invites you to explore what it means to live with purpose and spiritual depth.
Reconnect with the sacred in the natural world. Through stories, science, and spiritual insight, we explore the deep bond between animals, the earth, and the human spirit.
Spirituality is real, rooted in the brain, and active from birth. This initiative invites people of all backgrounds to explore meaning, joy, and connection through the intersection of faith, art, and community.
Compassion is at the heart of spirituality. This initiative brings people together through events and partnerships that reflect the justice, inclusion, and shared humanity that flow forth from compassion.
Join our Next Event
From concerts and intergenerational dialogues to spiritual gatherings, our events create space to explore, reflect, and connect. Each one is an invitation to come together across traditions and perspectives and experience the shared humanity at the heart of it all.
Carl Murrell – Take Heart Now
Carl Murrell – Take Heart Now
Carl Murrell brings a warm, thoughtful perspective to conversations about human rights, race unity, gender equality, and the contributions of faith communities to a more just and peaceful world
Standing Together in Spiritual Solidarity
Standing Together in Spiritual Solidarity
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, a multi-faith commitment to democracy and the Golden Rule
Integrating Spirituality in your Daily Life
Integrating Spirituality in your Daily Life
This 90-minute virtual workshop is designed to support our young people and the people who work with them.
The Annual Dinner
The Annual Dinner
“The Courage to be Kind" Join us for our annual celebration as we come together in healing, strength, and spiritual solidarity to meet the challenges before us.
Bringing people together. Unleashing the Spirit. Embracing the Sacred. Transforming the World
Updates and Stories
Read and watch the latest from our community, including event highlights, messages from our team, and stories that bring our work to life.
The Immigrant – The Neighbor
His name is José. He is not a murderer or a vicious criminal, not a drug dealer or a trouble-maker,.. heck, as far as I know he doesn’t even have a traffic ticket. I first encountered him next door, helping my neighbors. Their yard was an eyesore – so was mine after...
Annual Dinner 2025: We Are the Light
On Thursday, July 17, 150 friends and colleagues of The Guibord Center community gathered for an extraordinary evening at our Annual Celebration Dinner, united by this year’s inspiring theme: “We Are the Light.” Throughout the program, this theme shone...
“Every Child’s Life is Sacred”: A Concert for Humanity
with Yuval Ron and Diverse Faith Leaders https://vimeo.com/917531491 In they came, wearing scarves and robes and head coverings, representing the diverse communities of faith and spirituality throughout Southern California. Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Christians: Catholic,...
The Take Heart Now Online Series
The Take Heart Now Online Series is an ongoing program of short presentations with widely diverse individual faith leaders and people of deep spirituality sharing what they actually do to get through the tough times we are all encountering today.
Tahil Sharma – Take Heart Now
Tahil Sharma: A Journey of Faith, Identity, and Courage Introduction In this powerful conversation, interfaith activist Tahil Sharma reflects on his...
Karen MacQueen: Take Heart Now
Karen is a priest and a nayaswami. She is also an intersex person. In this video, she shares her personal struggles in this often-misunderstood...
An Idea is Born
The Take Heart Project began as a powerful realization that each day, we encounter emotional challenges that can fill us with anger, resentment,...
Rabbi Neil Comess Daniels: Take Heart Now
In this inspiring installment of Take Heart Now, Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels offers a heartfelt blend of music, wisdom, and spiritual reflection....
Explore the World’s Faith Traditions
The Guibord Center offers resources that share the sacred texts, values, and practices of diverse faiths through the voices of those who live them. Grounded in spirituality and guided by lived experience, these pages invite deeper understanding, respect, and connection across traditions.
The Heart Behind The Guibord Center
The Guibord Center exists to make spirituality accessible, inclusive, and deeply connected to everyday life. We bring people together across faiths and backgrounds through gatherings, relationships, and experiences that honor the sacred in all people.
Founded by the Rev. Dr. Gwynne Guibord, and a small group of colleagues, our work is grounded in her vision of friendship, belonging, and honoring the sacred in every person.
Today, we carry that vision forward through inclusive gatherings, meaningful partnerships, and a commitment to making space for all.