We've all heard the news by now: A student at Virginia Tech University killed thirty-two people and then himself, in the deadliest shooting incident in modern U.S. history. All of us at the Circle of Atonement extend our heartfelt condolences and prayers to everyone...
Thoughts on How to Respond to Donald Trump's Election Victory As everyone who is not in a cave on a Himalayan mountainside knows, Donald Trump shocked the world by winning the election for President of the United States. This event was both surprising and disturbing...
I've been reading a lot about near-death experiences lately. I just can't seem to get enough of these amazing stories. Besides being uplifting and inspiring, there is so much that is Course-like in them. Here, I'd like to share a story that in my mind offers an...
Recently, I heard a spiritual teacher present what was to me an odd (and definitely non-Course) rationale for forgiveness: We can forgive those who attack us because we secretly agreed to have them attack us in order to teach us a loving spiritual lesson. It's all...
How Can We Let Go of Our Grievances and Find the Happiness Beyond Them? Recently, my wife Margery and I completed a U-Haul move from Portland, Oregon to Sedona, Arizona. It went smoothly as moves go, and much of the experience was quite pleasant, even joyful at times....
Isaac Hill's Inspiring Response to the Oklahoma Fraternity Incident I love forgiveness stories, and never tire of sharing good ones in these "Course Meets World" pieces. Recently, during a week in which we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Selma marches for...
Note: The horrific school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut (December 14, 2012) happened a few days after I finished this piece. I thought about writing a piece about the shooting, but realized that this piece about forgiving when faced with extreme situations could be...
How Antoinette Tuff's Miraculous Extension of Love Prevented a School Shooting We've all been stunned by the string of school shootings like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. What can we do to stop such horrific events? The problem is complex, and I...
Abraham Lincoln famously said that you can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. But a recent New York Times article describing psychological research on moral hypocrisy...
Forgiveness is the central teaching of A Course in Miracles. The Course tells us that "forgiveness is the only sane response" (T-30.VI.2:8) to apparent attack, "the key to happiness" (W-pI.121.Heading), and "the way in which your only hope of freedom lies"...
Perhaps no one in our world today inspires such intense and polarized reactions as President George W. Bush. His supporters laud him as a bold, principled leader who is protecting the homeland from the deadly threat of al-Qaeda, strengthening the economy through free...
 The Would-Be Robber's Gratitude In a recent Course Meets World piece, I reported the story of Mohammad Sohail, a convenience store owner who offered forgiveness and help to an armed man who tried to rob him. This week, I read a follow-up story reporting the most...
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