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January-March, 2014

My Burning Bush

by Rev. Cathy Doran, O.M.C.

“I am going to take the Pathways of Light Ministerial Courses,” I told my husband. “But don’t worry. I’m not going to be a preacher or anything. I’m just taking them for my own edification.”

“I love these courses and my life is changing completely because of them,” I told my friends, “But a collar will choke me.”

I felt scarred by religion and I avoided ‘ministers’ like the plague. But I couldn’t seem to escape the tug of Spirit. It has always been there. I have been in a push-pull relationship with God all my life, cycling between reaching out to Spirit and resisting, running as soon as I felt His response. It seemed that feeling the power of Love invoked a deep fear in me. More than once I recognized in myself what I call the Moses syndrome. Despite the undeniable call of God to me, I argued with Him that I am not worthy, that surely He had made a mistake.

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January-March, 2014

The Blessings of A Course in Miracles

by Rev. Linda Wisniewski, O.M.C.

In my experience of sharing with other A Course in Miracles students, I hear discouragement and despair and belief in failure as they go through the Course. Some of the ways this is expressed is: “I thought I healed from this; why is it coming back into my life over and over again? I feel like such a failure; I still have the symptoms of this illness. What am I doing wrong? Why is it taking so long to awaken?”

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January-March, 2014

In Gratitude I Heal

by Rev. Veronika Birken, O.M.C.

I am grateful for now.
I am grateful that I can praise God.

I am grateful for God’s
healing power and Presence.

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January-March, 2014

I Behold the Son of God

by Rev. Gail Hamley, O.M.C.

“Behold the Son of God, and look upon his purity and be still. In quiet look upon his holiness, and offer thanks unto his Father that no guilt has ever touched him.”
(T-13.X.11:10-11)

As I read this quote I was once again struck by the beauty of this Truth. I had just returned from visiting my daughter and her family on the east coast. I was a witness to the power of love between my daughter and her husband and he for her. Their love radiated such joy and acceptance for their two and three year old sons. Quietly and lovingly they instructed, redirected and accepted them. The boys, having distinct personalities and an abundance of wild energy, exploded in laughter, tears, exuberant playfulness and drop dead exhaustion, often within minutes of each expression!

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January-March, 2014

Giving My Willingness

by Rev. Mary Manke, O.M.C.

The only reason I am not joyful is because I hold the belief that I am guilty. This is not in daily awareness, but hidden carefully in the dark where once I agreed not to approach, look at or question it. I accepted the ego’s story as true, and have lived in fear and doubt with imagined sacrifices, penance and hatred as my companions. As I studied The Course the ego got on its bandwagon to tell me that I was still doing it all wrong, still a failure at following my heart or following Guidance.

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January-March, 2014

It Is Inevitable. We Will Get It.

by Rev. Mary Wongwai, O.M.C.

In my ACIM group today we began reading Chapter 22, the Introduction and Section 1. In this group we take turns reading a paragraph and we pause for questions or comments. Usually we glean better understanding by sharing impressions of the passages. The reading today, however, was landing in lots of different places. We didn’t have much input about the words. When people did comment it was not related to the Text.

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January-March, 2014

BE STILL and Remember God

by Rev. Maria Felipe, O.M.C.

Through my ministerial training we had to listen to many different CD’s and get insight from Holy Spirit and write it down.

There is something that I wrote back in 2009 that I was inspired to find and not by chance! I feel it’s exactly where I find myself right now… It makes sense to me now… Back then it did not.

I share it with you and everyone. I know it’s for us all.

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January-March, 2014

Pixel by Pixel

by Rev. Paula Richards, O.M.C.

I have been studying A Course in Miracles for almost three years. The ego tells me I should have “gotten it” by now. At times I do get frustrated and feel that I am not making any progress, but I keep doing the work.

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January-March, 2014

When Ego Rules

by Rev. Anita Ottley, O.M.C.

It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything for the Miracles News magazine but recent events in my life inspired me to share an experience that has proven to be a valuable lesson for me. We all tend to get caught up in our day to day lives and sometimes when that happens, we end up losing touch with spirit. Ego loves when that happens because ego wants to jump right in there with all the judgments and negativity possible to keep us separate from one another.

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January-March, 2014

Why Do You Imprison Your Brother?

by Rev. Michael Ciavarella, O.M.C.

It happened suddenly. I was not prepared for what the Voice would tell me that day. Of course, I know better than to allow myself to think ill of a brother, but nonetheless, there I was mumbling words of condemnation. “And there he is, doing…”

What he did doesn’t matter here. You know the story. I thought someone did something to me, so of course, I must find fault and tell myself that he is guilty of some imagined act.

That’s when it happened. Holy Spirit was as clear as any voice I could hear with my physical ears. The message was given in the usual gentle tone, but it pierced me like a razor-sharp sword.

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January-March, 2014

Living from the Heart

by Rev. Etienne Pait

Have you stopped long enough to reflect why you were born? If so, has this reflection revealed there may be a purpose for living? Have you asked yourself fundamental questions, such as:  “Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose here?” Many of us sincerely do not ask these questions until we are confronted with a personal crisis threatening our status quo, a relationship, finances, livelihood or anything we hold dear to our hearts.

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October-December, 2013

Being in a State of Miracle Mindedness in the Midst of Challenges

by Rev. Linda Wisniewski, O.M.C.

“You are not used to miracle-minded thinking, but you can be trained to think that way.” (T-2.VII; 1:9)
“Miracle working entails a full realization of the power of thought in order to avoid miscreation.” (T-2.VII.2:2)

I have used A Course in Miracles as my mind training program. Recently, I asked Holy Spirit to help me cultivate miracle minded thinking rather than magical thinking. Magical thinking for me means that I place my trust in the world and believe that the world and its ways will bring me happiness. It means that I look outward to others for my safety, well-being and happiness rather than turning to God.

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October-December, 2013

Unearthing Our Unconscious Fear of God — An Exercise

by Rev. Nouk Sanchez, O.M.C.

Tomas, my soul buddy, left the body in December 2010. He left through what appeared as cancer of the body.

Tomas awakened within the ego dream (although he had not awakened from it) prior to leaving the body. In the Course, Jesus calls us to the next level of awakening which is from the ego dream of death entirely (refer to the excerpt on my blog titled, Why Jesus’ Teaching is the Quickest of all Spiritual Pathways. Here is the link: http://undoing-the-ego.org/noukblog/?p=387)

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October-December, 2013

Clouds and Worries

by Rev. Veronika Wilcox, O.M.C.

Clouds can look dark
and threatening,
so it is with worry
thoughts and feelings,
they too can look
dark and threatening.

How do I chase the clouds away?

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October-December, 2013

We All Walk with God In Perfect Holiness

Revs. Robert & Mary Stoelting

A theme that has been emphasized lately in our morning study and check in with Holy Spirit is to remember that we walk with God.

“…ideas leave not their source. If this be true, how can you be apart from God? How could you walk the world alone and separate from your Source?”

“You cannot walk the world apart from God, because you could not be without Him. He is what your life is. Where you are He is. There is one life. That life you share with Him. Nothing can be apart from Him and live.” (W-pI.156.1:3-5,2:4-9)

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