Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

Psalm 46 includes one of my favorite lines from the old testament: Be still, and know that I am God. Even as a child that appealed to me. It reminded me of forests and pastures. It reminded me that God seemed to go with me everywhere. It begins with a heartfelt recognition that God isContinue reading “Stillness in A Course in Miracles”

Marriage and children have had roughly the same effect on my life as I once imagined life in a monastery would. That’s an odd statement, suggesting that these two extremes can serve complimentary ends. Perhaps what I mean to say is that parenting – in particular, parenting with Chrisoula under the rubric of A CourseContinue reading “Parenting and A Course in Miracles”

Earlier less-edited versions of A Course in Miracles entitled this section “The Total Commitment.” This feels consistent and point with the material – emphasizing the practical nature of what we can do as miracle workers, rather than the abstract nature of why we do it. When the course talks about Heaven, it is utilizing aContinue reading “Reading A Course in Miracles: The Totality of the Kingdom”

A lot of people ask about ACIM and diet – are we encouraged, as students of the course, to eat a certain way? Avoid certain foods? Do we fast at this or that time of year and so forth? Does A Course in Miracles forbid eating meat? I think those are natural questions amongst seekersContinue reading “Food and A Course in Miracles”

So as students of A Course in Miracles we have to make this fundamental decision – we have to choose that we want joy (which is the Kingdom of Heaven) and we have to turn to the teacher who knows how to bring us there. That is what we have to do. This happens naturally whenContinue reading “Be Vigilant Only for God and His Kingdom”

I love this section of A Course in Miracles. It’s pretty substantial, compared to other sections which are about half its length. And it addresses two issues that are dear to my heart. First, we get a continuing – and continually helpful – revision of the crucifixion, that pivotal event in Christian theology. And second,Continue reading “Reading A Course in Miracles: The Message of the Crucifixion”