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[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I have just had a most remarkable experience--a miracle actually. I awoke this morning feeling dispirited, discouraged, tired, and weary--all those things that...

This past weekend, I went to visit the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. It was a powerful experience that helped me remember that there are real miracle workers among us, and there is no order of difficulty of miracles. What King and the...

I have finally finished that article on historical Jesus (and can now return to the land of the living). It has really been stretching my mind. I don't know if you remember (or saw) a Little Caesar's commercial on TV years ago, where someone grabs a piece of Little...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] The reason I haven't been as consistent with my blogging is that I am writing a chapter for an academic collection titled The Healing Power of Religion and...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I am in the fourth week of teaching the Circle's Manual for Teachers Reading Program, and every week is a "revelation" about what the Manual is really...

This blog is inspired by Dee's last blog on forgiveness, in which she makes the crucial point that we don't know exactly what forgiving behavior looks like in any given situation, so we need to ask the Holy Spirit how to express our forgiveness behaviorally. It...

When I awoke very early this morning with a severe case of anxiety, I had lots of questions for God! "Sure, I know that You love me and that I am safe in Your care, yet there are things for me to do and You can't do them for me, can You? I don't know what's up to You...

I was reading a book called Radical Grace by J. Harold Ellens. He said that God's grace is the only solution for human anxiety, which is the universal human condition. This really struck a chord in me. I am quite aware of being very anxious some of the time---and...

I had this strange and seemingly significant dream last night. The details of what happened visually were peripheral: I was looking through a Course in Miracles newsletter, which was full of very strange poetry (consisting of visual symbols---little blue eggs with...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Since childhood, I have been drawn to stories about the Holy Grail. The idea of the quest for something so symbolic of all that is holy, perfect, and loving has...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I had an extremely valuable insight at the end of last week. While I was teaching the CCC teachers class on Thursday I was very struck by Section 17 in the...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I love the absolute consistency of this course and the connections that keep popping up, both among the three volumes and within each one. This year I am...