Blog

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] After my meditation and Text reading time this morning, I had an insight related to “Here I am, Lord.” In the Text, I was reading, “The State of Grace” (T-7.XI)....

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] (An update on my Lenten blog of February 26th) When I asked our Sunday gathering companions to identify what they wanted to give up for Lent, I also asked them...

I had an epiphany while working on this month's A Better Way article. The article is about the importance of behavior in the Course. I got tired of hearing that the Course is not interested in our behavior and decided to write something about it. I did a lot of...

I was quite excited after Robert's last Thursday class on Jesus' prayer, "Here I am, Lord." This prayer has been a favourite practice of mine for years, especially in the longer version. For a period of time, it was a regular part of my morning quiet time, and it...

Recently a fellow Course teacher had someone tell her that she sounded like a fundamentalist. Sparked by our discussion about that, I thought I'd bring the issue to this forum, so that we could both look at it in relation to ourselves and help one another deal with...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Our CCC class yesterday on "Here I am, Lord," had a real impact on me. The class was on a meditation practice that Jesus gave Bill Thetford. Initially, Jesus...

This morning while I was meditating, I had a new thought. It really shouldn't have been new, but it was (at least as far as I can recall). It followed on the heels of the lesson I practiced yesterday: "God is real, and I am His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased."...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I have now finished my three weeks of practicing the first characteristic, trust, and thought I'd give a report on how it went. As I mentioned in my earlier...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Our Text Reading Program (TRP) class last evening fell on Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It was interesting that one of the sections we covered was, “The...

Usually, I write here about something that I've been focusing on in my daily practice. In this post I want to write about something I've been mulling over for the last few weeks. It is a very simple question: Is God really on the side of my happiness? The question is...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] In a comment on my blog on "Practicing the Characteristics...," Gerrit brought up the topic of starting to teach/lead/facilitate a Course group. Others have...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] In my "Teachers of God" blog, I mentioned that I would be making the ten characteristics the focus of my practice for the following ten weeks. So far, it's been...