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Exploring A Course in Miracles
by Circle of Atonement
Exploring A Course in Miracles offers in-depth conversations on Course-related topics from Robert and Emily Perry. To learn more about Circle of Atonement offerings for your A Course in Miracles journey, including our Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles and our Course Companions online learning community, please visit www.circleofa.org.
Episodes
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Reclaiming Jesus as Our Teacher
For many of us, Jesus has been buried beneath centuries of theology, doctrine, and complicated religious history—but A Course in Miracles invites us into something much more immediate: a living relationship with Jesus as our teacher. In this Sunday Gathering message, Robert explores what it might...
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Have We Gotten God Wrong?
Many of us grew up with a personal God who could be angry, judgmental, demanding, and even frightening. So it's understandable that contemporary spirituality has often embraced a very different idea: God as consciousness, energy, Being, or the impersonal essence of everything. But what if there…
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Who Was Jesus Before Christianity?
Before Christianity became a religion, before centuries of theology and doctrine accumulated around him, there was a man named Jesus with a distinctive—and revolutionary—message. But what did he actually teach? What did he believe about God, about us, and about how we are meant to live? And for...
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Who is My Brother?
The Course tells us that our brother is our savior. But what happens when we've decided that someone is guilty, dangerous, or undeserving? In this episode, a sermon from a recent Sunday Gathering, we'll explore the Course's laws of chaos section and the striking progression by which the ego turns…
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Did Bill Thetford Edit A Course in Miracles?
For decades, the Hugh Lynn Cayce manuscript—sometimes called the "Sparkly"—has been described as "the Thetford Edit," based on the belief that Bill was its primary editor. But does the historical evidence actually support that claim? In this episode, Robert and Emily Perry examine eyewitness...
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The Jesus We Lost: Recovering the Teacher Behind the Savior
For two thousand years, we've known Jesus as Messiah, Son of God, Lord and Savior. But somewhere along the way, another Jesus largely disappeared from view: Jesus the Teacher. In this message from a Sunday Gathering sermon, we explore what happened to that Jesus and why recovering him matters…
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202 - Miracles: The Essential Course of Action
What is revelation, and what is its place in a course in miracles? In this talk from a recent Sunday Gathering, Robert addresses the relationship between revelation—the experience of oneness with God—and miracles—interpersonal expressions of love. He discusses Helen and Bill's very different...
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You Lead, They Follow: Leadership in ACIM
Whether or not you think of yourself as a leader, someone in your life is watching you - and you're influencing them. In this Sunday Gathering sermon, Emily Perry explores what A Course in Miracles says about leadership — not the "command and control" model most of us distrust, nor the "nobody's…
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Conversation with Marianne Williamson
Why does it seem harder than ever for us to talk across our differences? Why are so many feeling lonely, disconnected, and dissatisfied despite unprecedented focus on personal growth and self-care? And what role might love, forgiveness, and compassion have to play in healing our culture? In this...
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Freedom from Anger
In a world that constantly demands our outrage, most of us have never stopped to ask whether our anger is actually working – or whether it's working against us. In this episode recorded at a recent Sunday Gathering sermon, Emily Perry looks at what A Course in Miracles teaches about the true…
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Ask Us Anything
In this special Ask Us Anything episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily respond to real questions submitted by members of our Course Companions community. In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore questions such as: If the world is ultimately an illusion, how should we...
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Getting Back to Each Other
What does it look like when someone really shows up for you? And when did that become so rare? In this Sunday Gathering sermon, we're exploring what A Course in Miracles says is at the root of our loneliness, our division, and our inability to get back to each other - as well as the surprisingly...
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Wake Up to What You Are
The Course has a very specific answer to the question "Who are you?" - and it's an answer that, if you really let it in, changes everything. Join Robert and Emily Perry for this discussion of "Wake Up to What You Are," which will include what A Course in Miracles says is your true identity, the...
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How to Be Truly Wise
In this Sunday Gathering sermon, Robert Perry explores How to Be Truly Wise, that is, the relationship between innocence and wisdom in A Course in Miracles. He looks at how true wisdom comes from a deeper, clearer way of seeing and considers what it means to let go of the belief in evil and begin...
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A Course in Miracles' Vision of Therapy
A Course in Miracles has its own form of psychotherapy—a complete approach to healing the mind rooted in its spiritual thought system. In this conversation, we explore the Course's approach to therapy, covering: What the Course teaches about psychotherapy Why therapy plays such a central role in...
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Rethinking Disagreement in Spiritual Community
So many of us have learned that, in spiritual community, disagreement is a problem. We're supposed to be positive. Be loving. Anything else is ego. But what if complete agreement is not actually what love requires? In this Sunday Gathering sermon, we share a message called "Rethinking…
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Christianity Without Hell: A Conversation with Brian Recker
What if one of Christianity's core teachings is actually holding people back from love? In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Emily and Robert Perry sit down with Brian Recker, author of Hell Bent, to explore how the doctrine of hell shapes belief, behavior, and our image of God—and...
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Where is God in a World Full of Suffering?
Everywhere we look in our world there are so many tragedies it's easy to ask, "Where is God in all of this?" Does He even know about our suffering and, if He does, why doesn't He do more? These are the questions that cut right to the heart of our deepest doubts and struggles with religion and...
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Holy Week for ACIM Students
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily explore the meaning of Holy Week through the lens of A Course in Miracles. Holy Week marks the final days of Jesus' life—from his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, to the crucifixion on Good Friday, to the resurrection on…
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Black Voices in A Course in Miracles
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry explore an often overlooked dimension of the Course's history: the influence of Black voices and Black religious culture. Recorded during Black History Month, this conversation brings forward connections that have rarely…
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ACIM & Spiritual Bypassing: The Difference Between Forgiveness and Denial (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
In this sermon, Emily Perry explores the difference between true forgiveness and spiritual denial. When Course ideas like "this world is an illusion" or "there is nothing to forgive" are used casually, they can sound like avoidance—or even cruelty—in the face of real suffering. So how do we hold...
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Healing Overeating with A Course in Miracles
Overeating and food addiction are often hidden struggles—wrapped in shame, secrecy, and the exhausting cycle of "this will fix it" followed by guilt. Drawing on restored material from Helen Schucman's notes in the Complete and Annotated Edition of A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry...
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True Empathy in a Wounded World
In a time when empathy is increasingly being framed as a weakness—even a danger—this sermon asks a deeper question: what happens to us when we stop listening to one another's pain? Drawing on current cultural trends and the teachings of A Course in Miracles, Emily Perry explores the difference...
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Love Without Sacrifice: Releasing Others from Our Demands
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry explore one of the Course's most challenging and liberating teachings: love without sacrifice. Drawing especially from Chapter 15 of the Text, this conversation looks at how many of our relationships are quietly shaped by...
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Choosing Love in Violent Times (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
In this Sunday Gathering sermon, "Choosing Love in Violent Times," Emily Perry draws on Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Birth of a New Age" sermon and A Course in Miracles to explore how love, forgiveness, and nonviolence can become powerful tools for personal and social transformation. This message...
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Healing from Grief and Loss with A Course in Miracles (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
In this Sunday Gathering sermon, Emily Perry explores how A Course in Miracles understands grief and loss and what it offers us when the pain feels overwhelming. Drawing on lived experience, psychological research, and the Course's teachings, Emily examines why grief often comes in waves, how…
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Separation of Church and Hate with John Fugelsang
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Emily & Robert Perry sit down with New York Times bestselling author and Sirius XM host John Fugelsang to explore his insightful new book, Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists…
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Accept the Holy Instant as This Year Is Born (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
As a new year approaches, many of us feel a deep longing for a true fresh start—not just a change in circumstances, but a real release from the past. In this sermon, given on December 28, we explore a powerful and often overlooked teaching from A Course in Miracles: how entering the holy instant...
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Jesus's First Instructions on How to Live A Course in Miracles
In this conversation about Jesus's First Instructions on How to Live A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily go back to the earliest days of the dictation of A Course in Miracles, when Jesus was first speaking to Helen Schucman and laying out—right from the start—how this Course was meant to be...
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Bonus: "Make This Year Different": ACIM Teachings on the New Year
A Course in Miracles invites us to imagine a year unlike any we've lived before—one devoted to genuine spiritual change. In this webinar, Robert Perry explores five Course teachings about the new year and what it means to, as the Course says, "make this year different." Together, these teachings...
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Living A Course in Miracles in 2026
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry take a deep look at the Course's system of practical application—the concrete, daily instructions Jesus gives for meditation, guidance, forgiveness, prayer, miracle-mindedness, and the steady practices that allow the…
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The Gratitude ACIM Calls Us To (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
In this sermon, Emily Perry explores A Course in Miracles' radically different vision of gratitude—not as a reaction to circumstances or a comparison of blessings, but as a way of seeing grounded in the unchanging gifts God has already given us. Drawing on Lesson 195 and the powerful list of...
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The Last Judgement
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry take on one of the most influential ideas in all of spirituality: the Last Judgment. They explore what the Bible says about it, how this concept has shaped Western culture and our view of God, and the enormous harm created…
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Your True Identity (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
In this Sunday Gathering sermon, Emily Perry explores one of A Course in Miracles' most beautiful and foundational teachings: your true identity as God created you. Not the self defined by the ego, the world, or the body—but the self that is holy, boundless, joyful, and eternally one with God....
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There IS an Other
Is the spiritual journey a solo project? Some students think the Course means "no one out there," so caring, helping, or addressing suffering isn't really part of our awakening. In this conversation, Robert and Emily Perry make a practical case—straight from the Course—that others are real,...
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A Course in Miracle's Vision for the World (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
In this sermon Emily Perry explores A Course in Miracles' powerful social vision — a blueprint for how inner healing spreads outward to reshape communities and our world. Discover how the Course's recurring imagery (deserts, gardens, temples, etc.) combine to form step-by-step guidance for…
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How to Be a Peacemaker in a Divided World with Jer Swigart
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…
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What is the Meaning of Love in A Course in Miracles? (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
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,...
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The Ego's Version of Love
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…
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Powerful Beyond Measure (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
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...
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Jon Mundy on A Course in Miracles Scribe Helen Schucman
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.…
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Is A Course in Miracle Compatible with Christianity?
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...
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The Spiritual Disease of Hate (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
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...
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What is God Like?
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...
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Who is the Path Calling You to Be? (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
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…
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How to be More Loving
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…
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A New Vision of Faith (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
In this Sunday Gathering sermon, Emily Perry draws inspiration from Frederick Douglass' powerful 1852 speech "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?" to examine the gap between the high ideals of faith and the painful realities we see around us. Through stories of figures like Maximilian…
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ACIM for Parents
In this episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert & Emily Perry dive into what A Course in Miracles teaches about parenting—and how those teachings have shaped their own parenting journeys. You'll learn: What the Course says about the true role of a parent Three powerful ways to get...
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A Call for Justice (Sunday Gathering Sermon)
In this sermon, Emily Perry explores A Course in Miracles' radical redefinition of justice—not as punishment, but as love itself. In a world where justice is seen as people getting what they deserve for what they do, the Course teaches that real justice is about getting what you deserve for who…
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Understanding Forgiveness: Common Questions Answered
In this special Q&A episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert and Emily Perry dive into the central teaching of the Course—forgiveness—and answer your questions about how to truly live it. What does the Course say about forgiveness? How do we forgive when we're hurting, when others don't...
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Exploring A Course in Miracles offers in-depth conversations on Course-related topics from Robert and Emily Perry. To learn more about Circle of Atonement offerings for your A Course in Miracles journey, including our Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles and our Course Companions online learning community, please visit www.circleofa.org.
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