One of the best “real question” stories ever

As we have been discussing this topic of real question (my definition: “real questions point us toward a truth, which they expect us to see for ourselves, and which will cause us to perceive our situation very differently”) I have remembered what is surely...

God is my refuge

I wrote a commentary on Lesson 261 the other day, “God is my refuge and security,” and it caused me to realize something important about my own journey. The lesson is a masterful example of Course teaching. It takes a line from the Psalms—“God...

The sin-guilt-fear dynamic located

I made what feels like an important discovery a couple of days ago. It relates to a central claim of the Course. The Course describes a psychological dynamic that is central to its thought system but hard to find elsewhere. This is the sin-guilt-fear dynamic, in which...

Interview with Anita Moorjani

I wanted to alert you all to a powerful video that I highly recommend, especially in light of our dear friend John Perry’s situation. It is a 45-minute interview with Anita Moorjani from Hong Kong. She had one of the most powerful near-death experiences I have...

Reflections on the term “Son of God”

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Yesterday I was thinking about the term “Son of God.” That term can easily seem uncomfortably problematic—too Christian, too sexist. Or it can...