The “ACIM Memorial Festival: A Day of Love and Gratitude” online event was held to celebrate and memorialize those who have shown and shone the way to Love through A Course in Miracles.

International remembrances of Doctors Helen Schucman, William Thetford, Kenneth Wapnick, Colonel William Whitson, and recently departed Judith Skutch Whitson and Dr. Robert Rosenthal, and other “transitioned” Course exemplary beings, are included in this memorial tribute for bringing the Course to the world to help awaken us to Love.

Experience a celebration of songs, oral shares, slideshows, dance, creative inspirations, prayers, and more. Share in the world wide web of love and gratitude for those who came before and along with us, on this journey to forgiveness through A Course In Miracles.

This event originally aired live on July 14th, 2022. This recording of last year’s memorial festival was officially released to the public in Summer 2023. 

From a Course perspective, is pride better than prejudice?

“The Love of God, for a little while, must still be expressed through one body to another, because vision is still so dim…” (ACIM, T-1.VII.2:3)

In the closet, out of the closet—is there really a closet at all?

With the multitude of sexual preferences, sexual orientation, and growing awareness of gender fluidity, it’s time for FIP to come out of all closets and discuss the topic that ACIM co-scribe Helen Schucman was directed to keep out of the Course and why…

Amongst all the words in the Course, why is there no reference to sex or sexuality?
Does Lesson 199 “I am not a body. I am free.” mean that we should abstain from sex completely and focus on more “spiritual” matters?
What, if any, role did Dr. William Thetford’s closeted homosexuality play in his co-scribing of the Course?

Let’s take a look together at how, in our collective dream, we marginalize people because of their preferences and how applied Course principles can awaken us from homophobic to home.

Let’s join panelists of male-gendered, gay Course teachers and students to discuss the impact of A Course in Miracles through the lens of male homosexuality.

Are you in or out? 😉

Think of the love of animals for their offspring, and the need they feel to protect them. That is because they regard them as part of themselves. (ACIM, T-4.II.4:1-2)

Why is it that many Course students express that it’s far easier to apply ACIM practice of feeling love and oneness with their pets than towards humans?

Often our pets can be more profound teachers of the Course than even the most educated Course teachers. And other times, our pets can appear as unrelenting reminders of forgiveness opportunities.

In this live discussion, we will explore:

When the Course says that “the ark of peace is entered two by two,” can this include a person and their pet? How relationships with animals help us on the forgiveness journey.
How animals extend love, joy and healing into the various dimensions of our lives.

Join our ACIM-focused, lively dialogue amongst a professional pet sitter, a human and pet grief specialist, a Course Horse Whisperer, and animal lovers discussing extraordinary spiritual teachings and forgiveness stories of Course students and their beloved pets and the healings that come with the pet-i-cure!

“Every part benefits, and benefits equally.” (ACIM, T-5.in.2:7)
Does the company you keep help or hinder your Course practice?
Long-term Course students and teachers, Carol Howe, Dr. Jon Mundy, and Dr. Roger Walsh each met at least one of the Scribes of A Course in Miracles and established lifelong friendships with the founders of the Foundation for Inner Peace. Hear their perspectives about their interactions within a group of Course pioneers and the benefits and challenges of these “special relationships.”

Many believe that the Course does not condone “special relationships.” With these panelists, we will discuss how the specialness of their relationships of the past contributed to their Course practice in the present and what role forgiveness plays in all of this.
“The one remaining problem that you have is that you see an interval between the time when you forgive, and will receive the benefits of trusting in your brother.” (ACIM, T-26.VIII.1:1)

Although the Course tells us that we have free will through “choice” throughout an already written “plan,” what does this actually mean?
What is our purpose and role in our own narrative and who is actually writing the script here?
On the path to Atonement, the Course states that the “time is set.” Must we consciously practice forgiveness to awaken to our true nature, or need we truly “…do nothing?”

Come join our discussion as we move through perspectives about free will, fate, the role that God, Holy Spirit and we play in our lives and practice of A Course in Miracles.