Yesterday’s post over at Substack raises implicitly an important question: how do we live together in community? Especially with folks we really don’t want to live with? Community is easy when we agree and are confident we can reasonably resolve conflict – when we trust everybody to put the community’s well-being ahead of their individualContinue reading “Together in Community: ACIM and Loving Our Enemies”
Author Archives: Sean
Split Minds are Bananas
A Course in Miracles suggests that we “not allow the body to be a mirror of a split mind” (T-8.VIII.9:5). I want to understand this in order to practice it. What would that practice look like? And what is its relationship to Love? A Course in Miracles suggests that our mind is split between itsContinue reading “Split Minds are Bananas”
A Stranger to Fear
. . . notes on the nonviolence of Jesus In my post on itinerancy I wrote that Jesus’s directive was clear: we are to live in such a way that makes clear our unconditional acceptance of our total dependence on God. He did not limit that directive to the practice of sharing (of not possessingContinue reading “A Stranger to Fear”
Everything Belongs to God
Notes on the Itinerancy of Jesus Jesus was itinerant. I don’t think many historians seriously dispute this; I don’t think many theologians do either. It’s right there in the text. See also Matthew 10:10 (Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff) and Mark 6:8-9 (Take nothing for the journeyContinue reading “Everything Belongs to God”
Holiness Forgotten, Holiness Remembered
. . . Notes on Relationship with God, Jesus, and the Woman at the Well I Jesus However half-heartededly, however gracelessly, I am committed to healing the mind that believes it is separate from the rest of creation. But I cannot do it alone. Hence this writing, this way. Healing must be lived. Love isContinue reading “Holiness Forgotten, Holiness Remembered”
Advent Journal: The Last Day
Today is the last day of Advent. The past couple of years I’ve kept an Advent journal. Last year I was grateful to reach the end; this year it’s different. For a long time I identified as a seeker. I sought God or enlightenment. Happiness and inner peace? It doesn’t matter. Really I was searchingContinue reading “Advent Journal: The Last Day”