Early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb while it was still dark and saw that the stone had been taken away. She ran to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and cried, “They have taken my Lord from the tomb, and I do not knowContinue reading “After Easter: What Did You See?”
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Easter 2025: The End of Darkness and Death
Easter is about our relationship with Jesus, who is risen from the dead. It is about our participation in resurrection, which began but does not end with Jesus. Thus, Easter is also about the potential for all our relationships to be transformed from egocentric, survival-based relationships to holy relationships, whose premise is ensuring that allContinue reading “Easter 2025: The End of Darkness and Death”
Holy Saturday 2025: Empty Roads and A Course in Miracles
I think often of the disciples for whom he really was dead. The ones who’d eaten with him the day before and never would again. The ones who had heard him laugh and teach earlier in the week and never would again. They did not know yet that Easter was coming. The ruined body ofContinue reading “Holy Saturday 2025: Empty Roads and A Course in Miracles”
Good Friday 2025: The Cross and A Course in Miracles
In the morning after prayer I go outside with my coffee. I greet the lilies springing up through crumbling soil. I bless the robins flying away. It’s Good Friday, and my heart is happy, my mind at range. Easter is near; the evidence is everywhere. And yet. Before we remember the grace of Easter, weContinue reading “Good Friday 2025: The Cross and A Course in Miracles”
Born Again in Love
A Brief Talk on Rebirth as a Symbol of Awakening in A Course in Miracles Thank you for being here and sharing with me. I am grateful for your presence. It is a gift to teach and learn together, to remember our innocence together, and to bond with one another in gentleness and love. YesterdayContinue reading “Born Again in Love”
Notes on Prayer
I. Introduction Last month, when it seemed like winter would never come, somebody asked me to clarify an earlier reference to prayer, and I began writing instantly and intensely. But I didn’t answer their question. I didn’t even try. Sometimes it’s like that. The Holy Spirit gives you an assignment and you respond with allContinue reading “Notes on Prayer”