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[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I recently taught Lesson 298, which begins with the line "My gratitude permits my love to be accepted without fear," and ends with "And I am grateful...

I have found myself thinking about appearances lately. Everyone knows that appearances can be deceiving. Yet I find myself quite taken in by them, especially when it comes to people. People appear to be separate bodies motivated by an extremely narrow concept of...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] CCC member Ken Huggins writes: My question has to do with the difficulty of the language used in ACIM that make it inaccessible to a large segment of the...

The frequent repetitions in the Workbook have been nothing short of a godsend for me. I had been with the Course for about eight years before I finally got it into my head that I was supposed to be repeating the idea really frequently throughout the day, and that this...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Like Greg, I've been working on anxiety lately, triggered by a local class I led on the well-known "lilies of the field" discourse in the gospels. What I love...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I find the frequent repetition practices -- frequent reminders and response to temptation -- to be an absolute lifeline. The morning and evening quiet times and...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Thanks to Robert, I have found an incredibly powerful new practice tool! Since I have started using it, it has revolutionalized my practicing, taking me to much...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] In my previous blog, I wrote about the benefits I am reaping from just accepting the truth of what I am and just doing as I am told--by Jesus, that is! That...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] It started on the day we did Lesson 239, “The glory of my Father is my own.” As part of our year-long Workbook Practice Program, I usually prepare a handout on...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] My life is very busy, and all too often I find myself running around like a chicken with my head cut off, which is hardly a peaceful state. So in the last week...

Recently, I feel I have realized in a slightly more complete way the kind of day the Workbook is aiming for, and this realization is captivating me and fueling my practice. What I have realized is that today (or any day) is supposed to be about living in the state of...

I have finally been getting back to my meditation practice. Little Michael (now six months) is still not sleeping through the night, so I'm still up with him each night. But meditation is so foundational for my life that I'm just utterly fed up with not doing it. So I...