by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Jun 24, 2016 | The Embrace
Depression, Acceptance, Transformation By Douwe vanderZee From as far back as I can recall, I suffered from a virtually constant underlying anxiety. I felt very alone, and had difficulty communicating. I longed for meaningful relationships, but seemed unable to...
by Mari Perron | Jun 19, 2016 | A Course of Love
A gift has been given. What is your response? T1:2.15 When we are young, being highly sensitive is seen as a liability. Well . . . this often doesn’t get much better as we mature! Sensitivity can be felt like something waiting to bring us down. There was a boy in my...
by Mari Perron | Jun 12, 2016 | A Course of Love
Everyone knows, in this time of Christ, that the end of the old way is near and that the new is coming. They are thus moving toward anticipation rather than adaptation, and evolution moves with them. D:7.23 It’s 5:41 a.m. with a storm brewing. Thunder woke me. Or I...
by Mari Perron | Jun 6, 2016 | A Course of Love
You who have found peace—live in peace. You who have been given the Peace of God—go in Peace. Spread peace throughout the land. Go out in peace and love and service to all. For in this going out you come home and bring with you all the brothers and sisters you have...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Jun 2, 2016 | The Embrace
I Love Them Both By Michael Mark [Editor’s note: The following, reprinted with the author’s permission, was first published on Amazon.com as a review on February 27, 2016.] I offer you no credentials, no histories or justifications. The purpose of this...
by Mari Perron | May 29, 2016 | A Course of Love
Relationship and union are the way of God. The way of heart and mind, body and soul, heaven and earth. God is being in unity and relationship. So are you. D:Day37.6 (emphasis added) After weeks of walking in the evening rather than in the morning, I ask myself,...
by Mari Perron | May 22, 2016 | A Course of Love
Be jubilant rather than hesitant about the time of discovery that is before you. Calling what you think you know into question is not a call to return to uncertainty, but a call to allow real certainty to come. D:6.16 How do I release myself from the thoughts that are...
by Mari Perron | May 15, 2016 | A Course of Love
While I was traveling and not listening to radio or television, a Minnesota native and cultural icon, Prince, died. I learned of his death in the church at which I spoke in Sacramento, where right during the service, they did a tribute to him. Since then, Daniel...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | May 13, 2016 | The Embrace
Miracles in Buenos Aires By Sebastian Blaksley [Editor’s note: On Monday, March 28, we received an email asking how to “do whatever we can to share the words of Love of ACOL to others in Argentina.” Following a conversation, he agreed to write of his...
by Mari Perron | May 8, 2016 | A Course of Love
“The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable.” Mark Twain Like the Mississippi River, life is uncommon once A Course of Love has found its way into our lives. Remarkable events have...