When people ask why I gave up teaching A Course in Miracles, I gently remind them: I didn’t. The choice wasn’t mine to make in the way the world might see it. The form changed, but the function remains the same.
ACIM teaches us that our only true function is to be truly helpful (T-4.VII.8:6). When I lost my voice—when the physical ability to speak behind a podium faded—I didn’t lose my voice in the truest sense. What I lost was a form, not the content.
The Course reminds us that the form of communication doesn’t matter; it’s the purpose behind it that counts (M-1.4:1). My function was never about the words I spoke in a room full of people—it was about extending love, sharing the message of truth, and helping others remember who they really are. That mission didn’t end; it simply moved to a different venue.
The Holy Spirit uses everything for the highest good (T-25.I.7:1). My loss of voice became a doorway for my greater voice to emerge—a voice expressed through writing, essays, books, and reflections that now reach far beyond the walls of any classroom. In the world’s eyes, I might no longer be a “teacher,” but in the truest sense, I am still teaching—still offering the same love, the same lessons, the same willingness to serve.
As the Course says:
“You are a teacher of God. You are not perfect, or you would not be here. Yet it is your function to teach perfection over and over again, until you have learned it.” (M-4.I.1:1-3)
So, no—I didn’t give up teaching A Course in Miracles. The Holy Spirit simply gave me a larger classroom.
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May the message reach whoever is ready to hear it.