Lately, I've been getting increasingly in touch with a word in the Course that I had never truly related to: "created." Of course, I knew it was there. I quoted it and it showed up frequently in my writing. But it had never meant that much to me. Now I am seeing just...
A Course in Miracles claims to be authored by Jesus through a human scribe. If this is really true, we would naturally expect to find parallels between the Jesus of history and the author of the Course. If those parallels are not there, how credible can the Course's...
What is the relationship between the Course and Jesus of Nazareth? I taught a class recently on this topic for our Circle Course Community and thought I would share my notes from that class more generally. Even though I have polished them, they are still fairly rough,...
Overall conclusions The "when I said" passages in the Course offer a great deal of support and confirmation to Jesus' teachings in the Bible. Only two gospel sayings are specifically denied. Several are emphatically supported, even strengthened. Notable examples of...
The value of having a relationship with Jesus is a theme that weaves throughout the pages of A Course in Miracles. While this is not a required obligation, the Course makes clear that it is an added benefit: “Yet he would help you yet a little more if you would share...
This visualization is based on the last three paragraphs of “The Undivided Will of the Sonship” (T-8.IV.9-11). See Jesus and yourself on a journey, walking along a smooth, straight path. The road is great, the sun is shining, you are happy to be traveling with your...
Asking for guidance is a perennially difficult issue for most Course students. How do you ask? How do you know if what you heard was correct? How do you carry it out? Students are often perplexed about these questions. In what follows, I will share both what I have...
Who doesn't enjoy a good embrace? An embrace with a loved one speaks to a set of deep needs in us—for love, for belonging, for closeness, even for a sense of safety. A Course in Miracles recognizes this and uses the image of an embrace as a symbol for how we are...
Does God have a specific plan for us, something in particular He wants us to do with our lives? Normally, I would address this question by discussing passages from A Course in Miracles (there are many that answer this question quite explicitly; see, for instance,...
Here is a brief summary of my class yesterday: What Was Unique about the Life of Jesus Jesus’ life was virtually guaranteed to be forgotten. He was born in rural Galilee, far from the centers of power. His ministry lasted for as little as one year. For that brief time...
In yesterday's class, I opened by going through some of the at least eighteen passages in the Course which say that God hears and answers all prayers. The justification given for this is that God is a loving Father and we are His Son. If that is true, then of course...
The Course's view of the end of the world is very different from current visions, of which I talked about three. There is the religious vision, mainly from Christianity, in which God rains down judgment onto the world in payment for the sins of humanity, after which...
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