“I will there be light,” the thought in MDC’s worldwide prayer ministry for May, is a powerful lesson from A Course in Miracles to fill our minds with as the world goes through such darkness. It affirms our strength in the midst of whatever may be occurring in our lives or world. It reasserts the truth instead of wringing our hands over how powerless we have made ourselves. All the ego’s bullying cannot withstand the light of truth. It is time we reaffirm…
“Give Him full charge…, and let Him tell you what needs to be done by you in His plan for your salvation.
What would You have me do?
Where would You have me go?
What would You have me say, and to whom?” – Lesson 71
My brother and I found A Course in Miracles in 1977, and in 1978, we started Miracle Distribution Center. We had no idea what the Center would be, but we did trust what the Course was offering to the world…
One need only look around this world to feel a sense of worry, helplessness, suffering, and fear. But those fears and feelings have been here since time began! Just the other day, I was looking at something I wrote in 1999 about the Y2K worry. Remember that? It was the catastrophe that was speculated to happen when the computers we had come to depend on for everything couldn’t recognize the date change that would occur in the year 2000. Those who were “doom and gloomers” — they are always around — said that this event would be cataclysmic. I remember when the new year of 2000 came and went…
Workbook lesson 222 from A Course in Miracles is truly a release from the prison of guilt that our minds seem to hold us in. It is an affirmation of the fact that there is no time, place, or experience in our lives where God Answer is absent. He is a part of all our daily activities, our very being. As the lesson states, “He is my Source of life, the life within, the air I breathe, the food by which I am sustained, the water which renews and cleanses me. He is my home, wherein I…
Back in the 1960s, singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon had a big hit with the song “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.” The 60s saw a lot of upheaval in our world, sort of like now. But then, as well as now, love is the antidote. DeShannon wrote the song “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” as an answer to the warring mentality of the Vietnam War, but she didn’t come up with the song’s most important words herself; her mom did!…
It was years ago, but I remember it as if it were yesterday. My then five-year-old son looked up at me with his big blue eyes and asked, “Why did Jesus have to die?”
I was shocked! How could such a sophisticated thought come out of his mouth? And, how would I answer?…
In 1969, the pop song “War” was recorded by Edwin Starr and quickly rose to #1 on the Billboard charts. Most of you probably don’t remember Starr because “War” was really his only big hit, but you have undoubtedly heard the song in numerous movies, television shows, and streaming programs. This song is considered the most popular protest song ever recorded, and the lyrics say it all. Here’s the part of the song you might have heard…
When I was young, Easter was a big deal. We always got new outfits for church, and mine always included a hat or bow for my hair. Everyone I knew celebrated Easter with baskets, bonnets, and smiles.
But what about the people who lived during Jesus’ time? He was their savior, and he had been killed. In their minds…
Many years ago, I saw an episode of the BBC’s nature series Frozen Planet, which featured an amazing little creature called the Arctic Woolly Bear Caterpillar. I have shared this little fellow’s story at conferences, retreats, and seminars because it is such a good lesson for all of us…
If you have been joining us in our Lessons in Light series, which follows the forty days (traditionally known as Lent) leading up to Easter, today’s lesson is: “I could see peace instead of this.” (W-34) In the wake of what is occurring in the world right now, this lesson is a welcome and powerful refocusing of our minds…