"I am a lover of the One called by many names.
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MY WORK
CLASSES Stephanie has created numerous sacred studies programs for her community through the Tree of Life School for Sacred Living. A sampling of these classes includes: Rise Up! The Bhagavad Gita: Job Description for a Spiritual Warrior Living Our Purpose: The Heart of Spiritual Practice A Study of the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic A Study of the 23rd Psalm in Hebrew The Sanskrit Mantra Course Mantra Prayer: Doorway to the Sacred The Interior Castle of Saint Teresa Introduction to Meditation Pray Without Ceasing: The Way of a Pilgrim Shamanism: The Path of Direct Revelation Dancin' and Chantin' the Holy Hinds' Feet on High Places The Cloud of Unknowing The Great Teachers Series including studies of Walter Russell, the Blessed Mother Mary and Dr. George Washington Carver The Great Books series including studies of Peace Pilgrim, Hinds' Feet on High Places and The Legend of Bagger Vance 
MINISTRY
As creator of the Tree of Life Interfaith Seminary and Spiritual Mentoring Programs and Founder of the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple, Stephanie has been fully engaged in ministry since being ordained in 2005. In 2020, she stepped down from her role as Presiding Minister of the Temple in order to help spread the Temple's unique interfaith vision, concentrate on her writing, and to create opportunities for other Tree of Life Interfaith ministers to step into leadership. To learn more about the Seminary and Spiritual Mentoring Programs as well as about other Temple classes, workshops and programs, please visit: www.tolinterfaithtemple.org RETREATS & WORKSHOPS Stephanie has led many workshops and retreats over the years. Most recently, she is leading workshops and classes for Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center in North Andover, MA. A sampling of other venues include: workshops for the Haden Institute in North Carolina, presentations at two national conferences for World AWAKE, the professional organization for interfaith ministers, and numerous workshops and retreats at the House of Prayer in New Ipswich, NH. SERVICE Stephanie has served her local interfaith council through visioning such programs as the "To Hear How Others Pray" series which invited lay people and faith leaders of different faiths to share personal experiences of prayer as a way of highlighting all peoples' common humanity while respecting religious difference. She led interested faith communities in right action through the "Under One Sky Interfaith Peace Walk" which offered a visual demonstration of how people from across faith traditions can stand and walk together in unity and solidarity while simultaneously forging a common goal for peace. 
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In Brief About Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt
(For extended bio please see "About")
SEMINARY AND CHURCH FOUNDER
Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt founded the Tree of Life Interfaith Seminary Program in 2009, focusing on the integration of spiritual practices from across faith traditions, and created the two–year, 26–module, curriculum, The Path of Crow: Journey to Your Inner Treasure. She directed seven classes of graduates until transferring the Seminary to the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple in 2018. Soon after launching the seminary, she created the Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program, as the optional third year of the program, and offered it numerous times before also transferring the program to the Temple in 2018. Finally, in 2011, she founded the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple and served as Presiding Minister until November of 2020. Today, she offers sacred studies programs, classes and workshops through the Tree of Life School for Sacred Living, LLC, which she founded in 2007.
DOCTOR OF MINISTRY
Rev. Dr. Rutt earned the Doctor of Ministry degree in 2017 from Andover Newton Theological School (now a part of Yale Divinity School).
She graduated with honors and was inducted into the Jonathan Edwards Society. Her dissertation, The Call of the Mourning Dove: How the Sacred Sound Awakens Mystical Unity, was awarded the Frederick Buechner Prize for Excellence in Writing. It was accepted for publication by Wipf and Stock Publishing in 2019. S. Mark Heim, nationally recognized theologian, contributed the Forward.
AUTHOR
Rev. Dr. Rutt is the author of five books:
Lovers in the Wilderness: Awaken Mystical Unity and Create a Joyful Life with Mantra Prayer
(Wipf and Stock Publishers, March/April 2021)
An Ordinary Life Transformed: Lessons for Everyone from the Bhagavad Gita
(2nd Edition, Wipf and Stock Publishers, January 2021)
The Call of the Mourning Dove: How Sacred Sound Awakens Mystical Unity
(Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019)
Living the Prayer of Jesus: A Study of the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic
(Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019)
The Interfaith Worship Manual: The Resource for Creating Interfaith Worship Services
(Tree of Life Publishing, 2012)
To learn more or to purchase, see the "Books" section!
MEMBERSHIPS
World AWAKE, Inc. (formally the World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy) Served on Board of Directors 2016-2018 and presented at the national conference, 2016, 2017.
Interfaith Alliance
Spiritual Directors International
Sacred Dance Guild
Society for Shamanic Practice
Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt founded the Tree of Life Interfaith Seminary Program in 2009, focusing on the integration of spiritual practices from across faith traditions, and created the two–year, 26–module, curriculum, The Path of Crow: Journey to Your Inner Treasure. She directed seven classes of graduates until transferring the Seminary to the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple in 2018. Soon after launching the seminary, she created the Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program, as the optional third year of the program, and offered it numerous times before also transferring the program to the Temple in 2018. Finally, in 2011, she founded the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple and served as Presiding Minister until November of 2020. Today, she offers sacred studies programs, classes and workshops through the Tree of Life School for Sacred Living, LLC, which she founded in 2007.
DOCTOR OF MINISTRY
Rev. Dr. Rutt earned the Doctor of Ministry degree in 2017 from Andover Newton Theological School (now a part of Yale Divinity School).
She graduated with honors and was inducted into the Jonathan Edwards Society. Her dissertation, The Call of the Mourning Dove: How the Sacred Sound Awakens Mystical Unity, was awarded the Frederick Buechner Prize for Excellence in Writing. It was accepted for publication by Wipf and Stock Publishing in 2019. S. Mark Heim, nationally recognized theologian, contributed the Forward.
AUTHOR
Rev. Dr. Rutt is the author of five books:
Lovers in the Wilderness: Awaken Mystical Unity and Create a Joyful Life with Mantra Prayer
(Wipf and Stock Publishers, March/April 2021)
An Ordinary Life Transformed: Lessons for Everyone from the Bhagavad Gita
(2nd Edition, Wipf and Stock Publishers, January 2021)
The Call of the Mourning Dove: How Sacred Sound Awakens Mystical Unity
(Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019)
Living the Prayer of Jesus: A Study of the Lord's Prayer in Aramaic
(Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019)
The Interfaith Worship Manual: The Resource for Creating Interfaith Worship Services
(Tree of Life Publishing, 2012)
To learn more or to purchase, see the "Books" section!
MEMBERSHIPS
World AWAKE, Inc. (formally the World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy) Served on Board of Directors 2016-2018 and presented at the national conference, 2016, 2017.
Interfaith Alliance
Spiritual Directors International
Sacred Dance Guild
Society for Shamanic Practice