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The Embrace #14: I Love Them Both
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 review is to...
The Embrace #13: Miracles in Buenos Aires
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 experience,...
The Embrace #12: METAMORPHOSIS: My Journey
METAMORPHOSIS: My Journey By Christina Strutt I love the Bible. I love A Course in Miracles. I love A Course of Love. Each arrived and delivered its gifts at the precise time in my life when I needed them and was ready to receive them. Each one I carry in highest...
The Embrace #11: Sex and The Course: A Personal Perspective Question
Sex and the Course: A Personal Perspective By Laina Orlando A major event gripped the social world in 2015—the sensational transgender transformation wherein Bruce Jenner died and was resurrected as Caitlyn Jenner. It reminded me of my own transformation through a...
The Embrace #10: To Give or To Receive? That is Love’s Question
To Give or to Receive? That is Love's Question By Laurel Elstrom It was Valentine's Day. My partner hadn't met my expectations. I watched my own wounded reaction, knowing it was ridiculous and not helpful. Yet the recognition that I thought I had needed a particular...
The Embrace #9: My Meeting with Mari
My Meeting with Mari By Celia Hales The year was 2004, three years after Mari Perron had published the first part of A Course of Love with New World Library. Like Mari, I was living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. And, like Mari, I was a seeker. My story about...
The Embrace #8: ACIM and ACOL – A Reflection
A Course in Miracles and A Course of Love -- A Reflection By Douwe vanderZee It seems the controversy about the relationship between A Course of Love (ACOL) and A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is gaining momentum. Numerous comments have been posted on Amazon, but...
The Embrace #7: A Cup of Tea–With Milk, Sugar, and the Spacious Self
A Cup of Tea -- With Milk, Sugar, and the Spacious Self By Derek Neilson [Editor's note: The "spacious Self" is an important element of Jesus' message in A Course of Love, one he does not mention until the final part of the book, in The Forty Days and Forty Nights. It...
The Embrace #6: Exactly What I Need
Exactly What I Needed By Barry Cosme On November 13, 2015, Barry Cosme, a longtime student of A Course in Miracles, posted the following review of A Course of Love on Amazon.com. He graciously gave permission for it to be reprinted here. This book (ACOL) was the...
