Integral Christian Network Sunday Gatherings
are open for all to join.

Every Sunday:
8am PT / 10am CT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT / 5pm CET

Is it Sunday? Join the meeting now with the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/511780787

Sunday Gathering Rhythm:

First Half: Whole-Body Mystical Communion Meditation

Second Half: Embodied Contemplative Conversation in groups, usually with an excerpt from the weekly writing.

(If you’re not already receiving our weekly writings, you can sign up here)

Our Sunday Gathering time exists for these current and evolving intentions:

1. A place to gather for WeSpace participants to share together in deepening connections, larger collective practice, and spiritual communion.

2. A place for learning and discovery with one another around the themes of evolving spirituality, mysticism, integral Christianity, and more.

When engaging in contemplative conversation, please keep in mind the following guidelines:

1. We practice listening deeply and seeking to know from all our centers (mind/heart/gut/body), sharing authentically and without pre-planning.

2. All of us bring vital energy to this space, and we are all participants in what is co-created in our time together. 

3. This is an opportunity to be more interested in what’s new and emerging in our shared conversation, rather than focusing on what we already know.  

4. As we open ourselves and share our discoveries, we avoid correcting, debate, “fixing”, or offering unsolicited advice.

5. Our conversation may have silent spaces; we welcome these as times to be receptive and listen.

When the Sunday gathering first started in January 2020, we wanted to meditate together in the ICN way – focusing somatically on the four body centers, and then integrally discussing and exploring what it means for Christianity to evolve, using Paul Smith and Luke Healey’s writings. It was a simple format, and we gradually added music and visuals and other elements to make it an experience for as many senses as we could for an online event.  I have so enjoyed being part of this for the past 5 years.  It has become the focal point of my week and I look forward to the inspiration, fellowship, and feeling of having found my “tribe,” every time.  But mostly, it is the feeling of peace and oneness I feel when we are together and that I am part of something greater that is helping to evolve humanity.

—— Anna Amato

I LOVE the people I have met on screen through the Sunday gatherings.  Each person adds their own unique personality/gifts; and also, represent a different cultural perspective. I am so enriched by this Sunday global experience that accepts diversity and celebrates inclusiveness.  All the parts of each gathering offer opportunities to relate deeper with God and each other.  We share our souls with each other!  And the energy that flows ignites my spirit that much more!

Our Sunday gatherings allow me to experience Christianity and "church" free from its outdated theology, toxic tribalism, and small God mentality.  How freeing is that!!!  Our smiles speak volumes above the unspoken chains clanging to the ground!!  We may never know all the healing grace that has been exchanged through our loving acceptance of one another.  Thank you everyone!!

—— BJ Schlachter (Betty Jane)

I keep asking myself, what are the chances? I live in Spokane, Washington, a mid-size city in the Pacific Northwest and there are zero (as in not a any) options for gathering with a group of like-minded, mystically oriented, well-seasoned, mature fellow seekers who want to share an evolving faith practice that is open to God showing up as community, true self, and Mystery. And yet, not only does such a surprising gathering exist somewhere in the world, they commit to showing up from all over the planet on a weekly basis and are available on Zoom! As I just said, what are the chances?

As it turns out, grace abounds and the chances are remarkably high for those open to the synchronicity of grace, a love that wants to enjoy emerging in new and co-creative ways in those open to surprise and goodness. This is love-as-Spirit always manifesting an unknown future as it lures committed souls to speak forth, not from what they already know, but from what is waiting to be known.

My first foray into this mysterious ICN Sunday gathering was in  April of 2024.  Luke Healy was leading the first meditation I experienced with this group and, after more than 70 years within Christianity, I had never been a part of a
shared meditation that was equal parts silence and spoken word.
My response was somewhere between shock and elation, mixed
with the question of why such silence had not been previously
risked at this level in a worship gathering in all my years. 

My next experience of surprise was in the breakout groups where
the shared purpose is to truly meet a small group of others, sharing
both vulnerability and emerging inspiration. The discussion, as I
recall, was just that: open and risky with the companionship of Spirit
supporting and encouraging each speaker along the way.

And so, yes, I am grateful and a bit overwhelmed by my great good
fortune in finding such a gathering on a weekly basis. I’m still not
certain how ICN Sunday gathering is even possible, being so different
than any spiritual community I have ever known. What I’m sure of is
that I am graced beyond my capacity to express and look forward to
participating on a weekly basis for many years to come.

End Note: Rumi touches on the heart of community (and marriage)
when he says, “You know my coins are counterfeit and yet you accept
them anyway.” Sunday gatherings (as well as WeSpace groups and
other ICN gatherings) are, like all genuine community, a wonderful
practice opportunity for allowing us to be with others and ourselves
often exhibiting personality limitations and ego habits that can be
painful to experience. Difficult yes, and these limitations and habits
can also offer a consistent opportunity to be recognized as precious
to us as well. This, of course, is the grace we are each given by God
(with us, beyond us) and can increasingly offer ourselves (God within us).
ICN is simply one more gathering of fragile, wounded, unrepeatable,
tender, fearful, lost, and infinitely precious humans who we’ve been
offered the gift to love and be loved by, again and again (and yet again)
each week. Welcome to the Club.

—— Kent Hoffman