by Robert Perry | Nov 13, 2008 | Blog
I had a realization yesterday that was extremely important for me. I was working with the original teachings of Jesus, for a class I teach here in Sedona. Specifically, I was working with three sayings: The last will be first and the first last. Everyone exalting...
by Robert Perry | Nov 11, 2008 | Blog
Lately I’ve been mulling over the Course’s teaching that we are holy no matter what. In the Course, the word “holy” means basically the same thing it means when we use it to describe, say, Mother Teresa. It’s not the watered down...
by Robert Perry | Nov 7, 2008 | Blog
When I left the Lutheran church, I basically stopped relating to prayer on a personal level. As a Course student, I did notice the prayers in Part II of the Workbook, but, oddly enough, it never occurred to me to actually pray them. Then one weekend I was on a...
by Robert Perry | Nov 4, 2008 | Blog
Today is election day. I didn’t do early voting, so I decided to show up at my local polling station at 5:45am, to beat the crowds. I think I was seventh in line. There was a chatty bunch already there. One woman was sitting down and knitting. By 6:00 there were...
by Robert Perry | Oct 31, 2008 | Blog
Yesterday I continued with the theme of love. After some experimenting in the morning, a line from the Text popped into my mind: “As self-value comes from self-extension, so does the perception of self-value come from the extension of loving thoughts...
