Personal character that is growing toward holiness

Robert said something the other day in a blog thread that struck me as incredibly important. It struck me as so important that I make no apology for repeating it here: I have come to see spirituality as a market that largely sells pseudo-comfort based on false claims....

A Miracle: A Gift of Grace

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I have had a miracle. It sneaked up on me unawares and took me by surprise. All of a sudden there it was and my whole world looked different. I had been...

Seeing God as God

I’ve been noticing something about my relationship with God lately that has me seeing God somewhat differently. I realized some weeks ago that my main concept of God is as this wonderful Guide and Friend. He’s this great Guy, He’s got this plan for...

The miracle is taken first on faith

I had a realization a few days ago about forgiveness that is helping me with a longstanding block. The block is this: Based on what I see, forgiveness neither makes sense nor is particularly in my interests. When I carry judgment or resentment, what I see is a...

My relationship with God

To really understand why I treasure my relationship with God, I’ve got to start with my other relationships. I think we are all profoundly weighed down with a lifetime of being in relationship with what I’ll call the ego-bound. You start out in life...

I choose the second place to gain the first

I wrote a post last week entitled “Going away from myself is going toward myself.” It was based primarily on Jesus’ teachings in the gospel that “the last will be first” and the humble “will be exalted.” Yesterday I found the...