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January-March, 2012

On the Road to Forgiveness

Rev. Rebecca Brown, O.M.C.

As I reflect upon my past, I can find countless things that I feel that I should or could have changed or done differently. For example, here I am in my 50’s working on a doctorate degree in psychology that my ego tells me I should have completed 30 years ago.

I hear the ego’s voice scolding me, ”If you had only done the right thing, you could have had a different life. You could have had a better job and a successful career and a lot less pain brought on by near poverty.”

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January-March, 2012

Winning

by Rev. Georgeann Medved, O.M.C.

“For the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.” James 1:20

I have never won an argument! Even though the person I am arguing with screams at me, “I give up, you win!” My deep emotions and my burdened heart tell me this is definitely not a victory. The person I have pitted myself against and I have not been drawn together. In fact, we have emotionally and spiritually been driven further apart. When disagreements erupt, the interaction between the parties involved is less than ideal.

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January-March, 2012

Welcome to the New Pathways of Light Management Team

by Rev. Ken Gorman, O.M.C.

Lesson 108 is titled, ‘To give and receive are one in truth.’ For many of us, service to our community is the way that Holy Spirit chooses for us to experience this. When I was a resident at a spiritual center in London and was asked to join the management team as marketing director, I thought it was because of my unique skill sets, which was true to an extent. What I discovered was that the management positions within the community were as, or even more, valuable to the people providing them (me in this case) as they were to the community being served. It taught me that one of the main purposes of a spiritual community is to provide opportunities for service to its members wherever possible. These people would in turn allow the organization to grow and extend the connections deeper and more broadly across the entire community.

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October-December, 2011

Developing Trust

by Rev. Larry Glenz, O.M.C.

Everything that you see in the world challenges your trust in turning all your decisions over to Inner Guidance. We have great resistance to trusting and we need to recognize this before we can meet the all-important challenge. Every time we feel emotions that are in the category of “fear” thoughts, we can be certain we have dropped the hand of our Higher Power. There is someone or something that we haven’t forgiven.

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October-December, 2011

What Is Forgiveness?

by Rev. Myron Jones, O.M.C.

I’ve been teaching a series of lessons on forgiveness on ACIM Gather. The last one I did was from the Workbook, “What is Forgiveness?” This section has helped me understand the Course’s definition of the word forgiveness, but more importantly, it has helped me practice forgiveness.

So how does the Course define forgiveness? It begins by telling us that forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. It has taken me a long time to accept this. At first it was completely unacceptable to me. Slowly over time as my willingness grew, I began to embrace it as my salvation.

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October-December, 2011

Trust Thy Self

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

Trust Thy Self
When the going gets rough.

Trust Thy Self
When there is doubt.

Trust Thy Self
When there is fear.

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October-December, 2011

Finding a Place Within Me to Receive God’s Grace

by Rev. Sharyn Zenz, O.M.C.

One of the gifts from God is His grace. He wants us to receive His grace so much and He is so very patient, just waiting for us to make a place for it within us. It is our job to weed out from within ourselves all the guilt, dishonesty, unworthiness, judgment, limitation, the need for suffering. The list goes on and on.

When we really get to the “root” and weed those things out of us, we make room for grace, God’s Love, kindness to ourselves and others, non-judgment, joining with others at the altar of God.

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October-December, 2011

A Minister’s Journey

by Rev. Liz Swearsky, O.M.C.

I was recently ordained as a Pathways of Light minister. I wanted to share the highlight of my experience, the final day of the teleconference in which we were ordained, but let me begin by saying that I was a reluctant student. 

One day, about 18 months ago, I was led to the Pathways of Light website, as I was interested in learning about their courses.  I have been a long time student of A Course in Miracles, but was thinking that it was time to expand. I thought that I would leisurely take a course and if felt so moved, to possibly finish my studies to become an ordained minister by my 50th birthday in 3 years.

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October-December, 2011

The Holy Purpose of the Body

by Rev. Mary Gerard Lenihan, O.M.C.

How is the body seen through the ego’s eyes?

I see my body as the face of sin and death. I see my body as a home for parasitic thoughts of death and attack, robbing me of my sustenance. I see a fleshly casing and covering that is filled with sin, death and disease. My body is afraid of death, for this will be the demise of me. I will be wiped from existence as my body sickens and retreats into dust; for the dust too will vanish and there will be nothing left of me — the body telling me that I have never existed. My greatest fear comes upon me at death — the fear that I am not real. And if I am not real, then there must not be a God.

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October-December, 2011

Understanding Forgiveness

by Rev. Mary Beth Ellis, O.M.C.

Forgiveness is probably the most important spiritual lesson for many reasons, one of which is that our lives depend on it.

To truly forgive we need to understand the why’s and how’s of how it works. As with any fix-it project, the most important factor, after the decision to repair something, is to use the right tools. Without the proper tools, all the determination in the world usually results in little change. We are fortunate to have these tools today. I wish I’d had them at 16. I wish I’d had them at 30 when I was blaming the world for my problems. I wish I’d used them yesterday when I felt slighted by one of God’s children, and condemned him in my mind.

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October-December, 2011

What Is Guided Is Provided

by Rev. Sylvia Joy, O.M.C.

Since I was very little, my highest joy was always in singing and communing with God. I was aware that I came here to follow a path back Home and that He was leading me. Through the years I remained aware of and cherished His Presence. After many years in a very successful career as manager, I started to feel an inner calling, as if something was missing and I started to wonder what it was.

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October-December, 2011

The One About The Song of Prayer

by Rev. Steve Mead, O.M.C.

“Myron* and I are going to teach from The Song of Prayer on ACIM Radio*,”  my ex-wife Nancy informed me a few weeks ago. “Would you like to read the book with me and then talk about it?”

My first response was thinking, “not really, I already know about prayer and forgiveness and healing,” then almost immediately was my thought that “the ego always speaks first.”  “Sure,” I said, “It would probably be a good idea for me to review that pamphlet.”

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October-December, 2011

How Do We Know Whether We Are Helping or Hindering?

by Rev. Peggy Rivera, O.M.C.

All of my life I struggled with that one. I was always a little bit too sensitive; I couldn’t stand seeing anyone suffer. So there I would go, jumping head first into the dance of being overly helpful.

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October-December, 2011

From Specialness to Holiness, from Hatred to Love

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

Remember that song that asked the question: Why do we always hurt the ones we love?

Why do I feel at times so tense and in rage in my partner’s presence? After all, we’ve been together for over 28 years and I still react in rage and feel the need to defend myself. I say I love God, but how can I love Him when I attack His Son, my brother, my one Self? Since ACIM says there is no one out there, is the person I see as my partner really only a symbol of an ancient hate?

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October-December, 2011

Embracing Enlightenment or the Now Moment

by Rev. Quiara Escobar, O.M.C.

This journey to attain Enlightenment has led me to a new way of seeing. Questioning my thoughts has led me to trust a part of myself that I have not paid too much attention to. The Holy Spirit in my mind is the memory of God that I carry around — a Companion I am learning is far beyond my human understanding. God is defined by my current level of acceptance of these concepts I practice — to go beyond concept to acceptance and practical universal application, and to see enlightenment as a present moment focus and acceptance of Reality without my interpretation.

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