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The Embrace #111: Paint a New Picture

I’d bet more than a few of you remember The Great Recession. It had been a rough couple of years before we even landed there. My dad’s health started to decline in 2006. At the same time, my pregnant daughter had moved home.

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The Embrace #83: My Life, Deconstructed and Reconstructed

The Embrace #83: My Life, Deconstructed and Reconstructed

Issue No. 83 February 2022My Life, Deconstructed and Reconstructed By Evalyn SorrentinoI now walk the internal road. It’s been a long journey. I tell my story not necessarily according to linear time, but along the lines of my understanding and the lines of my heart’s...

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The Embrace #82: Love Born of Torrential Grief

The Embrace #82: Love Born of Torrential Grief

Love Born of Torrential Grief By MaryBeth Scalice [Note: Over 1,000 homes were destroyed just before New Year’s as a fire swept through an area in Colorado that included the home of MaryBeth’s son and family. See the before-and-after aerial photos from his...

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The Embrace #81: Healing and Love

The Embrace #81: Healing and Love

"Let Me Be Strong for You" —Healing and Love Are the Same By Lana Carolan This article was inspired by an upcoming surgery for spinal stenosis I've been guided to have in the very near future, and an episode of fear associated with it that came to visit me recently. I...

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The Embrace #80: How to Accept the Unacceptable

The Embrace #80: How to Accept the Unacceptable

How to Accept the Unacceptable By Beth Geer Recently I was asked for help by a reader who wanted to know how to handle a difficult relationship situation. In brief, her problem was that her husband was an active church member who often was involved in projects that...

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The Embrace #79: A New Lord’s Prayer

The Embrace #79: A New Lord’s Prayer

A New Lord's Prayer for Awakening By James Willis and Helen Reynolds The time has come for a new Lord’s Prayer.  A prayer that reminds of what we have forgotten.  A prayer that helps create a relationship so close, so strong, so comforting that harmony becomes normal...

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The Embrace #78: Pain, Patriarchy, and the Divine Feminine

The Embrace #78: Pain, Patriarchy, and the Divine Feminine

Pain, Patriarchy,and the Divine Feminine By Mary Reed Recently I co-hosted an online series called the “Mystics’ Front Porch,” during which a participant asked a question about grief, rage, and patriarchy. She said that she found it difficult not to be overcome by...

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The Embrace #77: Recognizing Jesus

The Embrace #77: Recognizing Jesus

How I Recognize Jesus By Lana Carolan Many have asked me over the years how I recognize Jesus as the true voice delivering A Course in Miracles and also within A Course of Love.  That's an easy one: Jesus has traveled with me since I was a small child. I met him on...

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The Embrace #76: Compassion

The Embrace #76: Compassion

Compassion: An Expression of Divinity By Lana Carolan I, like many others, use the life of Jesus as an example life for guidance and instruction. I don't know about you but when I think of the life of Jesus, it is difficult to separate his humanity from his divinity....

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The Embrace #75: Help, Doubts, Evil, and Jealousy

The Embrace #75: Help, Doubts, Evil, and Jealousy

Help, Doubts, Evil & Jealousy:An Interview with Sebastián On May 23, 2021, Sebastián Blaksley was interviewed by the Center for Contemporary Mysticism. The interview included questions from the online audience, four of which are presented here. In his answers,...

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