My Portland ACIM Classes

I've been leading an ACIM study group here in Portland since February, 1999. It's moved from one place to another. The current location, Unity Church of Portland, 4525 SE Stark Street, is the sixth location we've been in, ranging from SE Stark to Goose Hollow (downtown) to Hillsdale to Lake Oswego (Whole Life Center for Spiritual Living).

Right now my Tuesday morning group is in the middle of the Manual for Teachers. We're going to shelve that study when we break for Christmas and New Year's Day, and beginning in January, we're going to be doing the Workbook together, meeting weekly to discuss the teaching of the lessons, and to share our experience, our "Aha!" moments, our questions, our struggles, and our insights. Some of the students will pair up as study-buddies to support one another in the Workbook practice.

I hope, soon, to begin a Thursday evening group at the church, which will also be doing the Workbook come January. If it works out, I'll be doing introduction to Workbook Practice classes the week before Christmas. Portland residents welcome! Suggested donation, $10; no one turned away for lack of funds.

Getting Started

I'm not really sure what I will be posting here, or how often. I already have a technical blog titled "Mac Discoveries," where I blog about Macintosh matters. I've averaged less than one post per month there, but sometimes two in one week. Here, it may be more frequent, since I do read and contemplate passages from A Course in Miracles  (ACIM) every day. Right now, I must confess, I'm writing this entry mainly to get something on the page so I won't be embarrassed if someone stumbles upon it and happens to wonder why nothing is posted here!

A little about me. As the "About Me" section says, from 1993 through June, 2006, I used to work for, or with, the Circle of Atonement, a Course in Miracles teaching and healing organization based in Sedona, AZ. I wrote a dozen or so books and booklets for them, including A Workbook Companion, volumes I and II, and Bringing the Course to Life, a book about how to read and study the Text of ACIM. The Circle was founded and is still headed by Robert Perry, author of Introduction to A Course in Miracles and Return to the Heart of God, among many other books related to the Course. With Robert, I gave many weekend workshops on topics drawn from the Course. I've also facilitated ACIM study groups for nearly 20 years.

I also love computers, particularly Macs, and books of many different kinds. I'm currently president (2006-2007) of the Portland Macintosh User Group, and I maintain a website for the Unity Church of Portland.