Have you longed for a more realistic and meaningful spiritual path? Are you tired of traditional versions of religion that condemn most of the world to hell and try to squeeze you into the kind of person you don’t want to be? There are alternatives. Thoughtful people are more and more exploring progressive spiritual and religious perspectives that will meet you for who you are now.

Paul Smith, progressive minister and noted writer of the seminal book Integral Christianity, has made it his life’s mission to help elucidate new ways of embodying faith, helping forge a path toward a more intelligent, more inclusive, and more liberating spirituality that is better adapted to the challenges and opportunities of the modern world. In effort to share the fruits of his life’s work with the rest of us, he has developed an incredible new Integral Life Practice module to help enliven your second-person relationship with the divine.

Understanding that the mere mention of traditional Christianity can bring up old wounds, oppressive religious baggage, and narrow-minded people who want to exert control over your life, Paul suggests a Christian practice that is notably different. This way of understanding and practicing the Christian faith transcends the old, closed-minded, belief-driven versions of Christianity while including the very best of the historic tradition — learning from the riches of other traditions, while integrating those wisdoms into a spiritual path that, at the end of the day, remains uniquely Christian.

Paul offers a powerful practice that leads you to a full-spectrum realization of God — a God who is big enough to satisfy our minds, close enough to touch our hearts, and familiar enough to easily recognize how God intersects with innermost Self.

A relationship with Jesus is often neglected or dismissed in progressive spiritualty because he in only associated with traditional religion. When we liberate our relationship with Jesus Christ from the constraints of outdated and exclusionary belief systems, a real time friendship with him can emerge, flowing with life, love, and healing for the world.

In this module you will learn:

• How to develop an expanded relationship with Jesus Christ.
• How to move past the old mythical stories about Jesus.
• How to begin developing a new type of relationship with Jesus.
• Practices for connecting with Jesus that mirror how He reflected God, related to God, and rested as God.
• Constrictions that may come up involving distractions, doubts and dry time.