The life of Jesus has moved people the world over like no other. But we have often put Jesus’ life in a frame where the main purpose was to demonstrate his divinity. What if we put it in a different frame? What if we see Jesus’ life as a concrete demonstration of the...

In the Complete and Annotated Edition of A Course in Miracles, there are some challenging teachings on sexuality. Students have been grappling with these teachings ever since they first came to light approximately twenty years ago. It’s easy to see these teachings as...

It’s clear that, all around the globe, we have a hate problem. As spiritual seekers, we tend to shy away from using the word hate, but that’s what it is. And until we face our hate directly, it will remain a destructive force in us and in the world. A Course in...

When it comes to the topic of specialness, the Course is challenging something in us that we have hoped to keep forever hidden and safely undisturbed. The goal to achieve “special favor”, the Course says, is what originally drove the separation and it’s what drives us...

A Course in Miracles calls us to go places we seemingly can’t go. How, then, do we get there? One answer is that we lean on Jesus’ help. The Course teaches that Jesus is genuinely present, and that we can lean on his strength, his guidance, his healing, and his...

The idea of projection is familiar to us all: You see in others that which you don’t want to see in yourself. But is it possible that projection is responsible for our whole perception of the world? This is the startling prospect that A Course in Miracles lays before...

As we look around at the world today, insanity appears to be everywhere. In such a place as this, how can we choose love? According to A Course in Miracles, we face this choice between insanity and love at all times. The question is only which direction we will go....

Contemporary spirituality constantly tells us that we have to get out of our mind and into our heart. We hear again and again that in order to spiritually awaken we need to “turn off our thinking” and enter into being. A Course in Miracles, however, teaches that sound...

A mature holy relationship is a wondrous experience. It contains the highest happiness that is possible in this world. That said, it takes an unusual ability to get outside our egos in order to truly join. On Sunday, February 28, 2021, Circle founder Robert Perry and...

We can all relate to feeling unfairly treated. And when we're hurt, we naturally want to let other people know - especially those who we feel are responsible. A Course in Miracles offers a unique understanding of the unconscious psychology behind feeling unfairly...

How should we see other people? Perhaps the Course’s main answer to this question is that we should see them as holy. Holiness is a hugely important concept in A Course in Miracles, which contains over a thousand references to “holy” and “holiness.” Yet we don’t talk...

Monastics are defined in part by their withdrawal from ordinary society as well as by such outer things as distinctive clothing, specific daily schedules, special diet, and other symbolic accoutrements. Yet if we set aside these forms of difference, monasticism has...