Mike here again, as Tim’s time in the Middle East continues this week – Brian McLaren has been writing some great updates from the trip by the way; you should check them out.

Today I’m going to introduce you to some of the most influential integral blogs. What is integral, you ask? It’s a way of seeing reality that attempts a comprehensive view of, well, everything, that’s open to – and indeed seeks to catalyze – growth. It’s become something of a movement, among specialists and non-specialists (Amateurs! Lovers!) alike. For more on integral theory, see this Wikipedia entry. Otherwise, read on…

This is a fairly comprehensive list of what I’ve found and read these last couple of years; if I have on gripe, it’s that intgrally-minded folks don’t blog nearly consistently enough. There are a ton of great blogs I had to omit simply because they haven’t updated since 2007. (I’m thinking Integral Life, or some such agency, should host a collaborative blog for voices with something to say but who don’t say things that often…) Anyway, dive right in – and feel free to nominate anyone I’m missing in the comments.

Beyond Growth

Blog: KedgeForward!

Boulder Integral TV

~C4Chaos

Corey deVos

Cherie Beck

Creative Emergence – Michelle James

David Byrne

Dr. Cam Freeman

Easily Amazed – Ashley Cooper

EnlightenNext Editor’s Blog

Finding Rhythm – Zach Lind

Frozen Truth – Apollo Lemmon

Graham English

Indistinct Union – Chris Dierkes

Integral Journal – Matt Holbert

Integral Options Cafe

Integral Playground

Integrative Spirituality

Kelly Sosan Bearer

Ken Wilber & Co.

Mystery of Existence

Mythos for Creatives - Manny Otto

Naked Reflections

New Heaven New Earth Pulse

NoeticFront

Numinous Nonsense – Vincent Horn

Open Integral

P2P Foundation

Revolutionary Man

Stephen Rose

Steve McIntosh

Stuart Davis

Thank God For Evolution – Michael Dowd

Integral Practice Notes and The Integral Company – Tom Goddard

The Sunny Way

Tripp Lainer

Zero Integral

Other Notable Integral Sites

Center for Human Emergence

Integral Life (blog-ish archives here and here)

Integral Institute

iEvolve: Global Practice Community

Integral Awakening

Spiral Dynamics Integral

Want to follow some of these folks on Twitter? Go here. (Tim is @post_christian by the way. I’m @zoecarnate) Want more blogs? Go here – but some of these are quite out of date.

Happy reading!

This past autumn I had the privilege of hosting my friends Spencer Burke and Mike Morrell at Gwynne & I’s place in the beautiful Black Forest of Colorado. While spending several days visiting together, we filmed this piece for Spencer’s show on TheOOZE.tv, Think:FWD. It was completely off-the-cuff, and shares my heart lately with regards to what Douglas Adams called “life, the universe, and everything.” I’d love to hear your feedback!

The Christian Universalist Association (CUA) celebration 2009 will be held in Nashville Tennessee, November 6-8, 2009. For a full list of topics, speakers/bio’s and to register go here!

The summit, December 14-17, will be hosted by HRH Prince Hassan of Jordan and will include individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to reconciliation. The summit’s patrons include Nobel Peace Prize recipients The Reverend Desmond Tutu, Sir William Deane, Aung San Suu Kyi, President Jose Ramos-Horta, and Harvard Professor Dr. Bernard Lown. Continue reading…

The event will be held at the Indian Hills Church and will have as participants Tim King and Kevin Beck of Post-Christian Connection, Mike Morrell of zoecarnate, leading futurist Frank Spencer, Trevor Harden of RockOm and many more.

Nashville’s own Christian rockers, The Redding Brothers will be performing all 4 days!

More details and an updated list of participants coming soon, stay tuned!