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[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Last Saturday afternoon, I went to see a Metropolitan Opera live broadcast of a Puccini opera, "La Rondine," and it was the catalyst for an initial healing of an...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] After using Monday to get back on track, I have had a really nice week of practice. Tuesday I used an image from Chapter 2 in the Text, that of placing the...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Now that we're into a New Year, a time of new beginnings and resolutions for a different year, I thought we could look at what our New Year resolutions are for...

In my earlier post, I shared how my practice really fell apart during the holidays (a time-honored ritual!). Since then, I have come back to it, but not nearly enough. Today I am really trying to get fully back on track, so I thought I would use the blog to reinforce...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I'm back from the holidays. My practice just about completely fell apart. It was a time when my body gained weight, and I'm pretty sure my ego did, too. I'm glad...

In this first teacher's blog, I've decided to discuss the topic of facilitation versus teaching. I believe we need to address this issue head on, because how we see ourselves in relation to our role with the Course determines how and what we teach. This seems to be an...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] In my past turns through the Workbook, I have often wondered why the lessons preceding Christmas didn't have more of a Christmassy theme. Then this morning...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Yesterday I was researching for my January A Better Way article, which is going to be about the role of behavior in the Course (I'm really tired of hearing that...

I have long been inspired by the idea of standing for something, of taking a stand, of standing up and being counted. With the Course in my life, I feel that I have been taking a stand for Jesus, standing for his teachings. I have felt that I've been standing with him,...

In my practice this last weekend, I was focusing on the word "holiness." It is a word that has grown in importance for me over the years. It is clearly important---indeed, central---in the Course. Between "holiness" and "holy" there are nearly 2000 references (by way...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I have just had an interesting experience in my morning quiet time with today's lesson, and I wanted to share it with you before it goes. It's nothing new or...

Robert said something the other day in a blog thread that struck me as incredibly important. It struck me as so important that I make no apology for repeating it here: I have come to see spirituality as a market that largely sells pseudo-comfort based on false claims....