Our beloved Judith Skutch Whitson, co-founder of the Foundation for Inner Peace,
scribe-authorized publisher of A Course in Miracles, passed into the Light on October 19th, 2021.
“Here is the memory of what you are; a part of this, with all of it within, and joined to all as surely as all is joined in you.”(ACIM, T-21.I.9:3)
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My deep and warm gratitude for the radiant power of the Holy spirit dancing you through this life. I never met you in person, but Holy Spirit knows no bounds. You touched me in ways that cannot be expressed. Thank you Judy!
Love-light-JOY
Nanette Victoria
I didn’t know you personally Judy but I loved the way the spoke with honesty and humour
about Bill and Helen which helped to cement my 30 year study of the Course. They were just people too. Love to you and family and watch over us and our study groups from wherever you are ! Love Clare X
It was 1990 that I first wrote to Judy to inquire about the Foundation for Inner Peace’s translation project of ACIM into foreign languages. It seems such a long time ago now. In retrospect, writing that first letter turned out to be a turning point of my life.
Thank you, Judy, for all you’ve done for A Course in Miracles for all these years!
Thank you Judy for your lifelong dedication to The Course. I bought the books in 1980 from a friend who saw it on your coffee table in NYC and brought it to me
In Houston, Texas. When the pandemic came in 2020 I had the opportunity to meet you through Zoom meetings and saw the interview with Jerry. Your light and wisdom and willingness to share is a blessing to us all. I am grateful to you Judy, and to your relationship with Helen, Bill, and Ken.
Tama Walker
I hardly knew ye, but I know you very well. A course student since 1997, Ken was my friend and mentor. I will always have immense gratitude for the “four amigos” who brought ACIM to life. May you rest in God’s peace forever.
Thank you Judy, for your love and your Presence.
I love you Judy. You are such a blessing to me. I always feel warm in my heart whenever I think about you. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to meet you and Whit.
You are blessed, you are love, you are everything.
Much much love.
Dearest Judy,
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you did in this illusory lifetime!
I “found” you through the Miracle voices podcast and even though we never met and I have only “known” you for less than a year, I feel like there has never been a time when I did not know you. Every week I was so much looking forward to your podcast and was glued to the sound of your incredibly peaceful voice. You were such in immeasurable inspiration and gem of light on my path with the Course and I am really going to miss you.
I would like to share a synchronistic experience I had last week with your podcast. For several reasons I was not able to listen to the episode with Neda Boin right on the Thursday it got released. Then on the day of Judy’s passing, I had a couple hours of freetime in the afternoon (European Time 9 hrs ahead of Pacific) in which I was drawn to listen to the latest episode. Towards the end Judy said to Neda -who wanted to visit Judy in CA- “Do it soon”. It struck me like lightning and I felt this uncomfortable sting in my heart that Judy might not be around for very much longer. And two days later I find out that she had passed right about that time I was listening to this podcast. “Minds are joined”, yes indeed!!
Thanks again for making the Course available to the world and being the inspiration and living example of love being the way to walk in gratitude. Thanks for being a part in my awakening. I will always keep you in my heart.
LOVE to you,
Ariane
Judy, I am forever grateful for your part in bringing the Course into my life and the lives of all its students.
Thank you Judy for helping to bring this Course. I am forever grateful! Love is the way we walk in gratitude. We love you!! ❤
Judith Skutch-Whitson, 1931 – 2021:
A Tribute
“Love is the way I walk in gratitude”
Yesterday, we learned of the passing of Judith Skutch Whitson. Judy was Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Co-Founder of the Foundation for Inner Peace, publishers of A Course in Miracles since 1975.
Her Foundation was the original publisher of the Course and has continued that work for the past 46 years, to a huge degree because of Judy (together with her team, including her former husband, Bob Skutch and her late husband, William ‘Whit’ Whitson). That work includes translations of the Course into 27 languages. I am certain that millions of people around the world hold copies of the Course in their hands because of Judy.
She had the wisdom and willingness to follow Guidance and accept her divine mission of working with co-scribes Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford to bring A Course in Miracles into the world. Helen and Bill entrusted Judy to steward the manuscript to publication. She had the love and dedication to follow that mission to the end. She was the last of the original ‘gang’ of four, which included Kenneth Wapnick.
My own experience of Judy was that she was always kind. We emailed often and she called me “dear”. She was always willing to help, even in later years – as she often reminded me: “I’m nearly 90!” I only met her, physically, twice – visiting her home on San Francisco Bay. She, delightfully, made lunch both times and treated me like an old friend (even on my first visit). Judy was truly a demonstration of love in action.
She gracefully agreed to do a Miracle Café talk for us on Zoom on 24th November 2020. Though she was frail, and her voice was failing her, it never occurred to me that it would be the last time I’d speak to her. Ian Patrick, Founder
As a tribute to Judy, the Miracle Network has decided to make the video recording of that Miracle Café talk available, FREE, to everyone. In the talk, Judy shares stories, anecdotes and memories about the A Course in Miracles scribes, Helen and Bill, and about her friends, Ken Wapnick and Gerry Jampolsky, weaving in some ideas from the Course along the way. Just click on this link to go straight to the video:
Tributes from Other ACIM Teachers
“A very heartfelt thank you, Judy, for the immeasurable good you have done for the Course and for all of us. Words can’t capture the contribution you have made. We know you’re having a good time right now. We will never be apart. Love is forever.”
Gary Renard
“Her joy was one that I have never experienced before. She was an incredible soul. I love her and everything she has done for the Course! She might not have been the scribe of the Course but, because of her dedication the Course has reached millions and has been translated in many languages. She walked her talk and was a shining light in this world. I’m honoured to have met her, hugged her and been in her presence.”
Maria Felipe
“There is no doubt that [we have ACIM] because of the guidance, insight and divine willingness of this beloved child of God. Her readiness to accept the mission from co-scribes Helen and Bill to take the Course to its publication was a mighty leap of faith. With grace and tenacity, she led the Foundation for Inner Peace to bring this healing tome to the world.”
Beverly Hutchinson McNeff
“I met Judy circa 1992 while researching my first book on the Course and she was the best source ever – full of entertaining stories, reliable information and just pure love from start to finish…
D. Patrick Miller
“Judy’s daughter, Tamara Cohen and I have been in touch for some time. Last night, before I went to bed, I was pretty sure she would pass before I woke up. I awoke suddenly at 4:45 and, moments later, Tam sent me a text she just passed. She is/was such a gift.”
Lee Jampolsky
“And gratitude to God becomes the way in which He is remembered, for love cannot be far behind a grateful heart and thankful mind. God enters easily, for these are the true conditions for your homecoming”. (M-23.4)
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Gracias por la función que Dios te encomendó y que llevaste a cabo incansablemente y con tanto amor. Descansa en los brazos de Dios.
Dear Judy,
Thank you for helping to birth this inspired teaching of love and peace for us all around the world. A Course in Miracles has been the spiritual path for my wife, Kriemhild and myself for many years now. Thank you, Thank you and bless you.
We all love you Judy. You will be remembered forever.
Dearest Judy,
what can I say but forever THANK YOU!? You were the “trigger” who me leave my very “private” path with the Course that most memorable July ’88, having breakfast at a round table with Whit, and putting me on the German translation team. That led to working with and learning from Ken. The two of you set me on an active track I’d never have chosen and for which I’ll always be most grateful.
Thank you too, Tammy most dear, for then having let me have your house and your car – I hug you from the heart for then and even more now. I’m with you all, Deborah, Ronnie and all I don’t know personally.
Judy, your light will always be shining.
Judy, The gift of your friendship was (and continues to be ) a blessing in our lives. I remember as if it were yesterday that first telephone call from you asking if I’d be interested in working on an Archival website for the Foundation for Inner Peace. Victor and I had been students of the Course for over 8 years when I got that phone call! I actually started to cry happy tears and by the next week Victor and I were sitting in your living room with you and Whit discussing the first steps of what turned out to be a journey of love between the four of us. We worked on so many amazing projects together: Redesigning the ACIM.org website, Designing the original ACIM-Archives.org website, Designing Whit’s Memorial site, the many ACIM holiday cards we designed together, Designing and publishing your Sweet Treats Family Cookbook, the over 400 ACIM Weekly Thoughts that started as a conversation and blossomed into over 20,000 subscribers, the amazing ACIM Translators Gratitude Gathering, the many dinners we shared. All of this and more keeps you alive in our hearts. I know that you are now with your beloved Whit and the two of you are guiding us as we continue to do our earthly work. “Love is the way I walk in gratitude!” Thank you, beloved Judy!
Judy Whitson Skutch, was the woman who made the greatest contribution to the dissemination of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) to the world. She was a wonderful and most loving mother and beloved grandmother. Like every mother she just wanted her children and grandchildren to be happy. I remember once when her son Jonathan was to receive an important scientific award in LA and she went there to see him with Whit – she was so very proud of him. Tam, her daughter, who now Co-leads the Foundation for Inner Peace and her had a deep relationship. I am so happy to have been able to witness some of that. Judy had such a wonderful relationship with Lije, her grandson. Lije is one special young man and Judy and him had a very special bond. She loved Whit, her husband, who transitioned in 2019 and he was so good to her. Their relationship was absolutely wonderful. There was nothing Whit wouldn’t do for Judy. Whit understood, this was a very special woman who had a very clear assignment which she had to complete and he was there to support her all the way. I have never seen a man loving a woman more than Whit loved Judy. And she loved him dearly, right back.
I am honored to have been so closed to Judy. She was like a mother to me. I felt a deep spiritual connection to her and so did my daughter. I feel we are chosen family. Judy was part of all our special life moments since my daughter was 10. She was there for our birthdays and Christmases through flower arrangements and gifts, phone calls and video chats. We exchanged gifts and emailed regularly and spoke on the phone or via Zoom. My daughter made her video recordings of her piano performances, and sent her precious photographs books to keep her up to date on all the happenings in our lives. Tam and Lije will always be our chosen family. Our love is with them both and Judy’s immediate family and the Foundation who must already be missing Judy very, very much. Judy was a Light. The glue, the flow, the constant reminder of Love’s constant presence in our lives. She was a connector, not a dis-connector. What a woman! She has taught us all so, so very much and most importantly she loved us fully. She did teach by demonstration. And Judy lived a full and amazing life!
For many years she was the President of the Co-Founder of the Foundation for Inner Peace. They say, “beauty lies within”. Oh, yes it does. In this sense, I have never met a more beautiful woman. Judy was generous, enthusiastic (enthused with Spirit), loving and so very kind. Judy was “normal” – and for Course people- well, they will know what I mean by this. She was a kind and gentle and loving human being. If you told her that you were going through a very hard time, she would show immediate empathy, compassion, kindness and support. She wasn’t subscribed to the “professing idioms from the Course” channel. Just like Ken, she was normal. She was a normal, most huggable and loving human being. I loved her hugs and kisses and gentle loving way. I will miss not being able to call her or send her an email and know she will respond.
Judy was the embodiment of Love. Every time we interacted it was as though I stepped into a field of instant shared self-discovery and awareness. I learned so much from Judy. We had a direct connection and spoke instantly with each other straight from the heart. Every encounter with Judy was like the continuation of a conversation that kept going. We took things right where we left them in our last encounter. Everything was in flow, with Judy. There was a familiarity and knowing between us that transcended words or appearances. I felt fully loved and fully understood by her. And that was lovely. She used to laugh at me and found it very funny, and surprising, every time I called her beautiful. And I called her beautiful a lot! Because to me she is just absolutely stunning. I told her, “I know they think Elisabeth Taylor was the most beautiful woman alive. They got it wrong. You are!”
Last week, on October 19, I was at work. It was around 12:30 pm ADT (that would have been 8:30 AM San Francisco time), when I felt a very strong and palpable presence that told me: “Please don’t cry”. Before I knew who this was, I found my self asking aloud in my office: Judy, is that you? Within a few seconds, I knew Judy had transitioned. Then she said: “There is no death” repeated a few times, each time with a different emphasis. Her presence kept coming and going, for the rest of the day. Later on that day I met with Alzena, my daughter, after her school presentation, and shared this experience with the caveat that I did not have yet confirmation from our friends on the west coast that Judy had indeed transitioned. Earlier in the day I had written a message on Lije’s (her grandson) Facebook – it was his birthday that day. And then wrote a comment which then I erased, realizing, I could be wrong and that it would be inappropriate for me to write this especially since I didn’t have confirmation that Judy had indeed transitioned.
Judy was dedicated to the truth, not the practice of living, though she never denied the latter, for she knew, to do so, would be a “particular unworthy form of denial”. She imparted Oneness through all her communications. She was loyal to the effortless truth that we are all One, and she gently encouraged me to look at my loyalty to my egoic thinking and projections, my willingness to trade my peace away, for the lively images of a dream. She dedicated her life to making A Course in Miracle known to the world, the translation process of ACIM in over 27 languages (and counting), and being of service to others. She really taught by demonstration and was a beacon of light in all interactions with all the people she encountered no matter where they were from.
Judy was a mother in every sense of the word. Judy (Kitten) was my daughter’s (Kitty) greatest supporter and friend from the time Alzena was 10, even though there were 70 years between them. We are truly blessed to have been able to learn directly and accumulate so many wonderful memories with Judy and her family over the past 12 years. She bestowed upon me the love of orchids and hummingbirds, peacocks, beautiful table spreads and arrangements in celebration of sharing food and presence with friends and family. The number of meaningful and deep conversations that the two of us had, over the years, are countless. Truth is effortless and so were our exchanges, at the level of the aware Mind. We laughed at the effort-full aspects of our egoic selves and remembered to see beyond it, in the pasture where the effortless truth awaits. This was our greatest gift to each other, stable and consistent level of connection over the years, and always effortless and joyous return to truth. The realization that what we all are (pure Love), is free from what our egoic mind projects was something Judy helped me remember at times when I needed it most. Judy will continue to exist, just like us all, without her egoic mind. It is in that realm that I will continue to visit my friend, in that one instant, and know, we are not apart, until one day, when I too will awaken to that constant truth, that constant remembering where the egoic mind disappears and the essence of who we are, is returned from its descent to ascendance into the One Mind from where it never left.
I am a better human being because Judy came in my and my daughter’s life. I am deeply honored and grateful for her love and support all these years, and for her love. We remain chosen family, now and always. Our thoughts and prayers are with her beloved daughter Tam and son, Lije, her immediate family and friends at home and around the globe, and the staff of the Foundation for Inner Peace. Love is the way we walk in gratitude. We love you, Judy. You live forever in pure Love and Oneness with us, which is real and will never be threated, because nothing else exists.
Gabriela
One of many favorite memories of Judy Skutch was asking her to arrange an interview for me with Bill Thetford, who was living in northern California by the time I was researching my first book on ACIM. She told me Bill was uncomfortable with interviews and usually refused them, but she’d try.
A couple weeks later she asked me to come over and look at some news clippings about ACIM (odd, because I’d already seen them). After we’d been chatting for a while, there was a knock at the door and Bill came in, looking a little confused. He said, “Okay Judy, I’m here, what did you want?”
Judy laughed and exclaimed, “Bill, what a nice surprise! Look who’s here, it’s Patrick who wanted to talk with you!” Bill just shook his head and grinned, as we both realized he’d been set up. We had a great time talking for about a hour and agreed to meet again, but he passed away before that could happen, on July 4 1988.
I appreciate all that Judy did to get the Course published. I also appreciate all of her work in creating the Foundation for Inner Peace, as well as providing leadership. She played a pivotal role in getting the Course to people all over the world. I don’t know where I would be without the Course coming into my life in 1989. I will always be eternally grateful.
Much Love,
Liz
Remembering Judy
We call it death, but it is liberty.
It does not come in forms
that seem to be thrust down
in pain upon unwilling flesh,
but as a gentle welcome to release.
Now we go in peace to freer air
and gentler climate,
where it is not hard to see
the gifts we gave were saved for us.
For Christ is clearer now;
His vision more sustained in us;
His Voice, the Word of God,
more certainly our own.
From the Song of Prayer 3.II.3:1-2
By this time, most folks know about the passing, this past Tuesday, October 19th of our dear, beloved, and beautiful friend Judy Whitson, founder of the Foundation for Inner Peace, the publishers of A Course in Miracles. Judy’s body was 90 years old, but Judy was forever young. She always wore a big smile; her enthusiasm was contagious; she had a BIG HEART, and everyone was ‘Dear’ to her. Judy truly enjoyed her life, and she got to do what she was called to do. She did it well; and there were some miraculous angels who helped her along the way, including her beloved daughter, Tam Morgan.
According to the Course, the centrality of open-mindedness is perhaps the last of the attributes the teacher of God acquires. Open-mindedness may be the last attribute for many, but not for Judy. Judy was always open-minded, and she had a clear enthusiasm for life.
Judy and I met in New York City in the late 1960s. As we were both ‘seekers’ looking for something more, it seemed inevitable that our paths would cross. It was an exciting time. “The Dawning of the Age of Aquarius” was in full bloom, especially in Greenwich Village where Judy and I were both teaching. Judy was teaching classes on Parapsychological Research at NYU, while I was nearby at the New School University teaching classes on mystical philosophies.
We were also both working with the same three organizations. Judy along with her husband Bob, who is still with us, had their own Foundation for Parasensory Investigation, while I was the president of the New York chapter of Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship. We were both members of The American Society for Psychical Research; and I was at the time dating Vera Feldman, secretary to the president of the Society, one of Judy’s closest friends. I say, ‘one of’ as Dr. Bill Thetford, Helen’s companion in the production of the Course, once joked, “We’re going to a meeting with 5,000 of Judy’s closest friends.”
Judy and Bob Skutch frequently hosted different leaders in the field of parapsychology in their apartment in the stately Beresford Apartment building on 81st and Central Park West. It was at that time ‘the hub’ of activities for those interested in spiritual and paranormal studies. There we watched Uri Geller bend spoons by lightly touching them, Dr. Douglas Dean showing the latest in Kirlian Photography, and we practiced Reiki healing energy.
I met Helen and Bill in the Spring of 1973 when they attended a workshop I gave for Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship. In April 1975 they formally introduced me to the Course in Ken Wapnick’s apartment. Six weeks later they met Judy. I didn’t know, at first, what to make of Helen and her book, but Judy’s enthusiasm was so high that it quickly pulled me in.
Helen and Judy became very close. Judy was to Helen like the daughter she never had, and Ken was very much the number one son. Helen had a ‘pet name’ for Judy. She called her “Kitten” and Tam, Judy’s daughter, became “Kitty.”
Fortunately, after Judy moved to California, Rev. Tony Ponticello started regular conferences on the Course mostly in San Francisco; which meant that every time I came to San Francisco, I could plan on a visit with Judy and her second husband Whit. Whit knew right away after he met Judy that the two of them would marry. They were a wonderful pair; and Whit was able to take over much of the work of the Foundation, including working with Ken on the production of the various translations.
Judy wrote to me on Sunday, October 10th, after receiving her weekly Sunday with Mundy epistle and just nine days before she died. I’ve decided to share it with you.
Dearest Jon, You have no idea how much Sundays with Mundy inspires me, so I thought I would tell you! Your “blasts” are always read, and they act as reminders to me the entire week. Especially when I get trapped by body thoughts as I am now with a particularly pernicious reaction to an ordinary flu shot. They bring me back to my “right Mind” which is no small feat and I love you so much for being my brother and my teacher. God blesses us all, right? Judy
We’re planning a special edition of Miracles Magazine (https://www.miraclesmagazine.org/) for January 2022 in which we’ll share more about Judy. The Nov./Dec. edition is done and going into the mail this next week.
Say with me,
Forgiveness is the only gift I give.
Lovingly, Jon
Dear Judith, we never met in person, but I’ve known you since 1992, thanks to Marianne Williamson. Every time I see your smiling face or hear your loving voice, I instantly feel at peace and feel that I’ve known you, forever. Thank you for the part you played in our collective dream. You will always be my guiding light.
Judy Skutch Whitson’s passing yesterday at age 90 marks the end of an era for A Course in Miracles. She was the last member of the first family responsible for bringing the Course into the world.
Judy’s story is well-known. In 1975, after turning her New York apartment into a “consciousness salon,” a hub of meetings and events for the world of parapsychology, she found herself alone in her bedroom, in a state of desperation, crying out “Won’t someone up there please help me?” Within days, she was introduced to Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford, who had been receiving guidance that the woman who would take the Course on its way was coming.
At their initial meeting over lunch in New York, in the midst of an innocuous discussion about psychological research, Judy inexplicably blurted out to Helen, “You hear an inner voice, don’t you?” Immediately, Judy was ushered into Bill’s office, the blinds were closed, and she was shown the Course for the first time. After reading its Introduction, Judy heard an inner voice say, “Here is your map home,” and she knew that this was the answer to her cry for help.
After that momentous day, Judy became a key member of the early Course family, meeting with Helen, Bill, and Ken Wapnick daily. As word spread, publishers approached them with offers to publish the book. When the four of them sought guidance, the message was clear: “It is to be published by those who have only the Course as their focus, and nothing else.”
That’s when they realized that they were supposed to publish it. The foundation that Judy and her then-husband Bob Skutch had established, The Foundation for Parasensory Investigation, was changed to the Foundation for Inner Peace, and in 1976, one short year after her meeting with Helen and Bill, it published A Course in Miracles.
In those early years, Judy was a tireless promoter of the Course. But eventually she largely stepped back from a public role. She focused her energy instead on running the Foundation for Inner Peace, with its colossal job of translating the Course into what is now 27 different languages. But she remained an active presence behind the scenes in the community, always happy to receive a visitor or hop on the phone and talk, always generous with her time. One Course teacher captured it well when he said, “She has a heart like a hotel.”
In recent years, it was wonderful to see her taking on a more public role once again in doing podcasts for the Foundation. Even in the most recent podcasts, what we now know to be her last, her absolute seriousness about the Course and her earnestness and enthusiasm for really living its principles were as infectious as ever.
Early in the process of the Course dictation, in talking about how more and more truth was coming through Helen, Jesus said this was “due to only one sign of assent. I asked her to take notes, and she did.” With Judy, we see the exact same “one sign of assent.” And like the guidance that said the Course should be published by those who have only it as their focus and nothing else, that’s all she did, for the remaining forty-five years of her life. All of us who hold this book in our hands today owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Judy Skutch Whitson.
With Judy’s passing, so much is lost. We have lost a living link with the genesis of the Course. We have lost a wealth of personal memories of Helen and of Bill. The Foundation, the parent organization, has lost its guiding light. But the keynote here isn’t loss, but achievement. Jesus asked her to bring the Course to the world, and she did.
I never thought that I will be writing a letter to Judy’s memorial site. I never thought that the day will come that we won’t talk face to face or on the phone until 2 AM. We had wonderful lunch together on October 9. And on October 19 2021 her daughter called me at 7 AM………
But Judy did not leave us. She never will.
Bringing the teaching of forgiveness to the world Judy herself was an epitome of forgiveness. In my 35 years of studying and teaching the Course being close to her I never met anyone equal in accepting and loving people so much. And at the same time she was a very real down to earth woman, a wife, a doting daughter, a loving mother, a devoted friend. Never a snob, never aware of her exceptional role in the world and of the world’s enormous gratitude to her for such a great teaching of A Course in Miracles making available to millions and millions of people. She was my sister, my mentor, my friend, my confidant. She went in peace, which I still cannot achieve from the day of her transition. Peace is with you my dearest friend. You were a blessed soul and you still are. I love you, Judy.
Kira Feldgun
What a blessing Judy has been in my own life, although we never met physically, I have always felt a closeness to her and I am grateful to have been with her on those video zoom meetings.
With love always –
Thank you dear Judy for bringing the course into the world and into my life. Your stories, your love, joy and your inspiration enrichend me.
I’ve never met Judy in person but have followed the Foundation for Inner Peace since the early nineties (back then still from Germany). I always thought that her role in pushing the course out of its nest initially was what propelled it into the hearts and minds of so many people worldwide. Thank you, Judy, for all you’ve done on behalf of this magnificent path we can call our course.
Stefan
Bless you Judy for the gift of yourself as you helped birth and distribute the work that changed my life in extraordinary ways. I can never thank you enough. Fly high and dance in the peace and amazing joy of God. With so much gratitude and joy..
I first discovered Judith Skutch Whitson in the book by Carol Howe about Bill Thetford, Never Forget to Laugh. I started listening to her podcasts with Matthew Maccabe and guests. Then her webinars. What struck me most about Judith was her angelic face and her ease at relating to everyone and my ability to understand her..I would listen to almost every podcast and webinar I could find with her in it. Will miss her beautiful spirit, although it lives on.
Thank you Judith for giving me a deeper understanding of ACIM.
Mary Clark
In the Spring of 2020, I experienced the lifting of the veil, and the peace spoken of in this amazing book came to me. I owe a debt of gratitude to this foundation for what it offered me. Judith, thank you so much for the role you played in God’s Plan. One Love, One Heart.
Dearest Judy, Words fail, but the heart remembers only joy from 1969 until the present moment. You shared your self, your friends, your enthusiasm, your mission, and most of all your love. And all our hearts melted, and our hopes were renewed. My dad labored 40 years with Gulf Oil Corp., and when I went with him once to his office, the elevator doors opened, revealing a huge, blazing orange disc against an electric blue background with the letters GULF. My dad paused and asked me, “Son, do you know what GULF stands for?” “No, Daddy, I don’t.” “Give Until Life Fails,” he snapped. Judy, that’s what you did, but your giving was all joy and love, and our hearts remain full from your generosity.
Her joy was one that I have never experienced before. She was an incredible soul. I love her and everything she has done for the Course! She might not have been the scribe of the Course but, because of her dedication the Course has reached millions and has been translated in many languages. She walked her talk and was a shining light in this world. I’m honoured to have met her, hugged her and been in her presence.
Maria Felipe
10.25.21
Before I met Judy I did not know that angels live among us on this earth. I met a lot of people in my life: wonderful and light, enormously strong and extremely wise, but there was only one angel and it was Judy. She was so natural in her angelic embodiment that it did not cause any amazement – oh, yes, …. just an ordinary miracle.
We only met a few times, but even after the very first time, when Judy and Whit hosted my wife and me in their Tiburon home, she never left my heart. She was always near and her presence in my life filled my heart with hope and faith in Higher Power and in the destiny of us all, since we happened to be here together.
I saw what real Love looks like and how it changes everything around us. I saw what real Faith looks like and how it can move the mountains. I saw how it is possible to live on this earth and be above this earthly vale, how to embrace and absorb it at the same time.
They say the people “leave.” But Judy did not go. She is in our hearts, our dreams, in every flower and every prayer. And herein lie Miracles, which are available to everyone and herein lies the Reality that is always here and the Heaven where we will meet Judy again.
Oleg Vaviov, Russia
Translated by Kira Feldgun
I love Judith’s messages. One of my favorites is when she called ACIM, “the Olympics of the mind.” She will always be a beautiful example of Holy Spirit mind, dedication to ACIM, and a powerful testimony to the miracles the course makes available to us all. Godspeed Judith, Godspeed
I will never forget the tenderness with which your eyes looked at me. And then, you told me “The truth is true”. And my insides remained quiet.
With love, È.
Thank you Judy for your eternal smile.
God is
Dearest Judy,
You touched my heart in ways no words can convey. I am forever grateful for your dedication in bringing ACIM to the world…to me. And I am filled with the deepest gratitude for the love you gave me, the times we shared, the belly laughs, the food, the never-ending generosity that was YOU.
Rest with the angels my dear, sweet friend. Love is the way I walk in gratitude to You.
Marguerite
Our beloved Judy Skutch Whitson, cofounder of the Foundation for Inner Peace, left this world on October 19th, 2021.
It is impossible to describe the fundamental role Judy played in the publication and dissemination of A Course in Miracles from the beginning! She was a close friend of Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford and was introduced to the Course when it was still just a manuscript transcribed by Helen and Bill. Since she was introduced to it, she has never left it aside, zealously seeing to it that the purity and accuracy of its teachings are maintained and preserved for future generations of students.
She, her husband Whit Whitson, her ex-husband Bob Skutch and Ken Wapnick worked together to make the Course available to students worldwide. Today it has been translated into 27 languages, comprising 97% of the world’s languages.
I was immensely happy to be with Judy in 2012, during the Translators’ Meeting promoted by the two foundations, and then in 2019 (When the photo below was taken). Judy has always been cheerful, playful, sweet and loving.
She will be missed by countless people around the world with whom she kept in constant contact through emails and phone calls! May we keep in mind that Love is eternal and our very Essence!
May your path be more and more filled with Light, Judy! Immense gratitude for your wonderful work with ACIM and for the affection with which you always welcomed me! 😇🙏🏻💜🌺
I was introduced to A CIM after I my divorce. The CIM came to me on scholarship in August of 1978. I met Judy and the publishers Of ACIM at a conference in Chicago in 1979 or 1980 where the publishers gave me my 1st copy of the Teachers Manual. Judy helped me during the conference to understand that I might become happier and more peaceful if I was to become less judgemental and become willing to love unconditionally and become more accepting of things as they are… This was truly the beginning of my Miracle journey that I have continued to practice each and every day since using the lessons from the workbook … I am and will be forever grateful for Judy’s example, her wisdom, and I appreciate judy’s insights and the gentle and lovingly way she taught me to learn to just be and accept myself and others as God created us. Thank you one and all for sharing your lives with me.
Judy radiated such love, I rushed to listen to every podcast. Her voice contained the peace I know is there for us all. I’m saddened but grateful for every moment she shared. Well done, Child of God.
I did not have the opportunity to meet Judy in person but felt I was connected to her through Dr. Jerry Jampolsky and many other devoted students of The Course in Miracles. It takes great dedication and commitment to the Spirit to do what Judy did for so many years and I recognized that peaceful smile on her face after her passing, as the same smile I had seen on my fathers face upon his passing way back in the early 1970’s,
Sid Dahrouge (BSW)
Dear ACIM companion,
As many others I’m sure, I first learn about Judith in The story of a Course in Miracles the movie and after from the Foundation for Inner Peace. Since last year I enjoyed and cherished her stories and insight in the Miracle Voices podcast. Every time I saw and heard her speak I always think What a beautiful lady, in and out and her intelligence and wit always impressed me. I feel blessed to have know her a bit through these mediums before she transitioned into the light. May her journey be filled with unending Love and Peace.
Much love and gratitude for your faith and guidance.
I first heard Judy’s voice during a radio interview with the late Jim Stewart in about 1989 or 1990. I was not aware of her background or her relationship with Helen, Bill and Ken at that time. It was a brilliant sunny day, and her sunny disposition reflected this and shines in my heart now as I write this.
Thank you to this beautiful spirit who helped so much in giving us this amazing Course.
Thank you 🙏 We never met in form but you have touched me ❤️
First time when I heard your voice instantly I wanted to see you! Unfortunately didn’t get to meet you. But then, I heard you from podcast there is no death! You are truly inspire me and truly helpful!
Thankyou Judith. You are always a great reminder of God’s beautiful gift of joy that lives on in every one of us. Your presentations so often flowed gracefully from your freely expressed laughter to pearls of wisdom ~ such a captivating version of our Spirit of Love, you were, and will of course, continue to be 💜
I never met Judy but felt very inspired, hopeful, peaceful, loved every time I heard her speak. She had such a Mother presence. I can’t say I am peaceful at her passing, but one day I’ll get there. You have all my gratitude for your service here, Judy, on a personal and collective level. Sending love to the family as well. Allison
I have been reacquainted with the “Course” this past year and totally “Spirit” filled. I send off Judy with the “Love and Light” she offered many. Blessings!
Thank you so much Judy. Listening to the podcasts with you and Matthew inspired me. Thank you for all you have done.