Absolutely no difference

I was reading EnlightenNext magazine (used to be What Is Enlightenment?). In it there was a description of an experience of God’s Love a woman had under totally normal circumstances—she wasn’t meditating or praying. Here is the account:...

Here I am, Lord… still

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] After my meditation and Text reading time this morning, I had an insight related to “Here I am, Lord.” In the Text, I was reading, “The State of Grace”...

The end of suffering

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] (An update on my Lenten blog of February 26th) When I asked our Sunday gathering companions to identify what they wanted to give up for Lent, I also asked them...

A new vision of behavior

I had an epiphany while working on this month’s A Better Way article. The article is about the importance of behavior in the Course. I got tired of hearing that the Course is not interested in our behavior and decided to write something about it. I did a lot of...

Here I am, Lord, resting in You

I was quite excited after Robert’s last Thursday class on Jesus’ prayer, “Here I am, Lord.” This prayer has been a favourite practice of mine for years, especially in the longer version. For a period of time, it was a regular part of my morning...

“You sound like a fundamentalist!”

Recently a fellow Course teacher had someone tell her that she sounded like a fundamentalist. Sparked by our discussion about that, I thought I’d bring the issue to this forum, so that we could both look at it in relation to ourselves and help one another deal...