September 2024: "The Path to Freedom"
This September gathering explored the path to freedom as a lived, relational journey with God, not something earned through effort or perfection, but something revealed through conscious choice, presence, and trust. Through personal stories, spiritual teachings, and embodied wisdom, each speaker illuminated how freedom unfolds when we release fear, soften control, and turn toward love again and again.
Rather than presenting freedom as a destination, these teachings invite us into an ongoing practice of alignment, choosing humility over self-protection, presence over distraction, and relationship over isolation. Together, the talks reveal that the path to freedom is not found in striving to get it right, but in remembering who we are and allowing God’s grace to lead us home.
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"My Plan vs. God's Plan" with Padre Paul Funfsinn (Path to Freedom, Sept 2024)
In this grounding and compassionate teaching, Padre Paul reflects on choice as one of God’s greatest gifts — and one of our greatest challenges. Drawing from pastoral wisdom, scripture, and lived experience, he explores how fear, conditioning, and self-protection can distort our ability to choose...
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"Sacrifices of the Saints" with Rev. Robert Bearden (The Path to Freedom, Sept 2024)
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"The Science of the Ego" with Rev. Dana Duryea (The Path to Freedom, Sept 2024)
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"The Wonders of Choice" with Irit Schaffer (The Path to Freedom)
Irit brings a deeply embodied and compassionate perspective on choice as a return to presence. Through storytelling, reflection, and gentle inquiry, she explores how modern life pulls us away from ourselves and how conscious choice can anchor us back into the now.
This teaching emphasizes that ...