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Facilitation versus Teaching?

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...

Christmas with the Workbook

[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...

Why should I tolerate insane thinking?

[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...

Standing Together, Christ and I

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,...

That four-letter word: "holy"

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 of...

"Christ is but my Self"

[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...