Five years ago, my friend of forty-four years made her “journey without distance” into the eternal life we all share on October 19, 2021. Judy Whitson will always be a part of my life and Miracle Distribution Center’s life, because without her willingness to serve the Voice for God and our enduring friendship, I don’t know where I would be or what I would be doing. She was essential to my journey with A Course in Miracles, and, if you are reading this, part of yours, too…
I have been trying to sort through things and give them away. I have the hardest time, though, giving books away. Each one has a message for me and a story behind each story, so my shelves get fuller and fuller as I stack and double-stack them. My son Jeff is just as bad. He can’t give books away either. He has some wonderful volumes from his childhood that neither of us wants to give away. One such book is…
Do you remember coloring with crayons? Growing up, I loved to color. I delighted in getting a new box of crayons with all the pretty colors, perfectly sharpened and lined up in a row. So, when I first gave our son a brand-new box of crayons as a toddler, I was curious to see his reaction.
I recall how he opened the box carefully and said…
One of the most asked questions by students of A Course in Miracles has to be, “How can I hear God’s Voice?” The above title is from workbook lesson 49, and it gives a somewhat different answer than the traditional “how-to” answer, because it says you’re already listening to God’s Voice!
The lesson goes on to say…
A Course in Miracles offers us a simple, healing approach to life, but we are often unwilling to lift our vision from the way it has always been and embrace a new experience, a new way. But in those moments, when we do allow the Holy Spirit into our sorrow and problems, we are given…
Since this year marked the 25th commemoration of the 9/11 attacks, I was reminded of when our family visited the memorial in New York City in 2019. At the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero, a tree near the fountains is named the Survivor Tree. This tree is aptly named, as it…
As children, my brother and I pretended we were pirates looking for buried treasure. We would make a map and put a big “X” on the spot where the treasure was buried. We would then hunt for that treasure in the woods around our home in Oregon. Of course, we never found the chest of gold, but we enjoyed the hunt.
Nowadays, people still play this game with their…
The other day, I was watching a documentary on the tropical rainforests. Out of six million square miles of tropical rainforests that once existed worldwide, only 2.4 million square miles remain. But they are still there. As you can imagine, those rainforests are not only critical to our survival as a planet, but they can teach us something about living together…
When I became a mother, I was given the opportunity to be exposed to classic “baby” literature. You know, Goodnight Moon, Guess How Much I Love You, The Wheels on the Bus, and, of course, Runaway Bunny. Most parents know Runaway Bunny, and they always nod with a knowing smile when the title is mentioned. After I read it (which takes about two minutes), I understood why they smiled…
Our goddaughter, Lauren, recently got married. When these special occasions occur, if you’re like me, a flood of memories comes to mind of when they were little. Thinking back on Lauren’s life, I was reminded of the following story that not only spoke to her insight at such a young age but also to an important lesson we can all learn from…