In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus encourages us towards a kind of perfection--what the contemplatives see as a kind of inner, structural integrity--that God has. Dave Schmelzer looks at two different takes on how to pull this off: one from pop culture, and the other from among the most ancient and enduring Christian spiritual practices, the Jesuit practice of the Examen.

Mentioned on this podcast:

Sleeping with Bread: Holding What Gives You Life, by Dennis, Matthew and Sheila Linn

The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self, by Martha Beck