by Mari Perron | Dec 20, 2015 | A Course of Love
The Christ in you is that which is capable of learning in human form what it means to be a child of God. The Christ in you is that which is capable of bridging the two worlds. This is what is meant by the second coming of Christ. C:P.7 There is only so much I...
by Mari Perron | Dec 13, 2015 | A Course of Love
Help is here. Be what you have been called to be. Open your dwelling place to your true Self, your true identity. Imagine this opening and this replacement occurring with every fiber of your being. Imagine the separate self being enfolded, embraced, and finally...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Dec 10, 2015 | The Embrace
Miracle of the Manger: Who’s There? By Paula Payne Hardin December 7, 2015 A new Christmas image just came to me. It was so unlike anything “I” would normally imagine, it was a shock. In fact it is affecting me to such an extent I can hardly type. I am...
by Mari Perron | Dec 7, 2015 | A Course of Love
Lay aside your want of other answers, other stories, and accept the story we share. The Bible and all holy texts can be seen clearly now as one creation story. One story of one beginning. One story with many promises made. D:Day1.28 Here in the cabin, the sky is...
by Mari Perron | Nov 29, 2015 | A Course of Love
Listen to your weariness and to your heart’s desire to rest. D.Day5:20 Winter has come. The first snow of the season fell on Thanksgiving and I didn’t make it out to the cabin to relish it up close. I didn’t make it out the day after Thanksgiving either. Now...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Nov 24, 2015 | The Embrace
Elephants and Rhinos and Miracles—Oh, My! By Douwe vanderZee As I co-led a group of people in the iMfolozi Game Reserve, the oldest game reserve in Africa, a large bull elephant appeared straight in front of us, on the same path that we were on. Sipho, my fellow guide...
by Mari Perron | Nov 22, 2015 | A Course of Love
You can respond to love with love. D:7.10 I so wish I had been walking each morning of this lovely long fall. I walked today. It was just about 7:00, I suppose, that I went around the horn. It was almost light, but not quite, the sky sitting close, keeping her eye on...
by Mari Perron | Nov 15, 2015 | A Course of Love
In the worst of times, we feel our love arise and extend. We realize love cannot be defeated. In the worst of times we are united in love. And in the worst of times, we are reminded of the great need, of the urgency, to bring our awareness of who we are, and the...
by Mari Perron | Nov 9, 2015 | A Course of Love
While you know you have not allowed yourself freedom of expression, you believe you have allowed yourself freedom of thought. You believe you have allowed yourself freedom of feeling. And yet if the truth be admitted, you know that even this is not quite true. You...
by Mari Perron | Nov 2, 2015 | A Course of Love
Bring your voice to this continuing dialogue. This is all that is asked of you. This is the gift you have been given and the gift you bring the world: your own voice, the voice of Who You Are. A.49 It’s Sunday night. Way too late to start a post. I had one...
