Powerful Beyond Measure (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
Exploring A Course in Miracles
Release Date: 09/22/2025
How to Be a Peacemaker in a Divided World with Jer Swigart
Exploring A Course in Miracles
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Emily Perry is joined by Jer Swigart of Global Immersion to talk about what it means to live as an everyday peacemaker in a time of deep global division. Together they explore how to engage (and when to disengage) from difficult conversations with love, what nonviolent peacemaking looks like today, and how to discern what is yours to do now. Emily first spoke with Jer a year ago about —but as conflict and polarization have only intensified, this follow-up conversation feels even more urgent. Join in for a timely and hope-filled...
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What is the Meaning of Love in A Course in Miracles? (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
Exploring A Course in Miracles
What if A Course in Miracles really does give us the meaning of love—just not in the way we expect? In this message, Robert Perry shows how the Course offers a lived recognition of love as purely giving—changeless and equal for everyone. You'll learn the subtle ways we confuse love with attack, specialness, taking, and guilt, and then trace the Course’s remedy: not manufacturing love, but removing the blocks through forgiveness and holy instants where judgment falls away. ___________________________ Since 1993, our purpose has been to help with both the theory and practical application...
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The Ego's Version of Love
Exploring A Course in Miracles
Why do so many relationships that begin with such promise end in conflict, disconnection, or despair? In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry look at the ego’s version of love—a love rooted in self-focus rather than true joining. Inspired by David Brooks’ New York Times article, “The Wrong Definition of Love,” Emily and Robert unpack how our culture’s shift from shared moral and spiritual frameworks to individualistic, therapeutic ones has shaped our understanding of love. What happens when self-love and self-expression replace devotion, service,...
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Powerful Beyond Measure (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
Exploring A Course in Miracles
In this Sunday Gathering sermon, Emily Perry explores what A Course In Miracles says about our God-given power and how to reclaim it. If you’ve ever wondered whether you can truly change more than just your outlook—if you can help change the world itself—this message is for you. Discover how the holiness within you can reverse the laws of the world and bring real healing where it’s needed most. ___________________________ Since 1993, our purpose has been to help with both the theory and practical application of A Course in Miracles. We are the publisher of the Complete and...
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Jon Mundy on A Course in Miracles Scribe Helen Schucman
Exploring A Course in Miracles
Join Robert and Emily Perry for a conversation with longtime Course teacher Jon Mundy as he shares personal stories of his time with Helen Schucman, the scribe of A Course in Miracles. Jon knew Helen for many years and was even the inspiration behind her completing the Psychotherapy supplement. In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, you’ll hear rare insights into Helen’s life, her relationship to the Course, and what it was like to witness the Course’s journey into the world firsthand. ___________________________ Since 1993, our purpose has been to help with both the theory...
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Is A Course in Miracle Compatible with Christianity?
Exploring A Course in Miracles
Too Christian for New Age, too New Age for Christians—where does A Course in Miracles really belong? In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry take a closer look at one of the most common and controversial questions about the Course. Many Christians see ACIM as “unbiblical” or even dangerous, while many spiritual seekers view its Christian language as outdated or off-putting. So where does the Course really stand? In this discussion, we explore: The Course’s use of Christian language—God, Jesus, the Holy...
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The Spiritual Disease of Hate (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
Exploring A Course in Miracles
In this Sunday Gathering message that draws upon the work of James Baldwin and the teachings of A Course in Miracles, Emily Perry explores how hate functions like a spiritual cancer—growing silently within us until it erupts into division, violence, and despair. If you’ve ever wondered how to confront the hostility in our world—and in yourself—without losing sight of love, this message will encourage you to look honestly at your own heart and discover the freedom that comes with letting hate go. ___________________________ Since 1993, our purpose has been to help with both the theory...
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What is God Like?
Exploring A Course in Miracles
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry dive into one of the most important questions of the spiritual journey: Who is God, really? How we see God shapes everything. If we see Him as hostile, we live in fear. If we see Him as indifferent, we feel alone. But if we know Him as gracious and loving, we can live with peace, trust, and the deep assurance that we are never alone. Drawing on insights from A Course in Miracles and the work of theologian Marcus Borg, Emily and Robert explore how our image of God profoundly impacts the way we...
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Who is the Path Calling You to Be? (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
Exploring A Course in Miracles
In this Sunday Gathering message, Emily Perry invites you to explore one of the most important questions on the spiritual journey: Who is your path calling you to become? Through real-life examples, practical guidance, and the wisdom from the Course, you’ll see how trust, honesty, gentleness, joy, and open-mindedness are not just ideals—they are the daily practice of awakening. ___________________________ Since 1993, our purpose has been to help with both the theory and practical application of A Course in Miracles. We are the publisher of the Complete and Annotated Edition of the Course...
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How to be More Loving
Exploring A Course in Miracles
In this episode, Robert and Emily Perry dive into the content and the backstory of “The Journey Into Fear”—a newly restored Text section in the Complete and Annotated Edition of A Course in Miracles. The message of this section is as radical as it is liberating – to uncover the love in us, we must first face the hate in us – but it’s also uncomfortable. So uncomfortable, in fact, it was removed from the original publication of the Course. Why would A Course in Miracles ask us to look at something so...
info_outlineIn this Sunday Gathering sermon, Emily Perry explores what A Course In Miracles says about our God-given power and how to reclaim it. If you’ve ever wondered whether you can truly change more than just your outlook—if you can help change the world itself—this message is for you. Discover how the holiness within you can reverse the laws of the world and bring real healing where it’s needed most.
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