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The Embrace #5: Dropping From a Tree Into the Arms of God
Dropping From a Tree Into the Arms of God By Douwe vanderZee For more than a decade, I regularly played with children. The term 'original play' was coined by Dr. O. Fred Donaldson, who discovered that what little children – and animals – do is intrinsically very...
The Embrace #4: The Greatest Leap of All
The Greatest Leap of All By Mari Perron It was meaningful to me in 1998, as it still is now, that A Course of Love first began to come to me as the season of Advent began . . . the season that marks the Second Coming of Christ and the end of Ordinary Time. In the...
The Embrace #3: Miracle of the Manger: Who’s There?
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 literally...
The Embrace #2: Elephants and Rhinos and Miracles—Oh, My!
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...
The Embrace #1: New Territory
New TerritoryBy Mari Perron, First Receiver of A Course of Love Dear Reader: Welcome to the INAUGURAL EDITION of The Embrace, an occasional newsletter featuring many voices. A Course of Love asks us to enter new territory. The territory of conscious awareness. This...
