I’ve continued to record the daily Workbook lessons for any of you who want them. Just click the link in the left column for Workbook Lesson Audio Files, and click on the lesson you want.

A recent visitor wrote:

Not too long ago, I attended your Thursday night “A Course In Miracles” group with my friends Bob Cory and Patricia Michaels.  During the intervals for refreshments, you played an audit CD of “A Course In Miracles” affirmations/meditations that I thought was called “Serenity” with the voice of Beverly Hutchinson, however, I have had no luck in sourcing the CD yet.  I wondered if I got the title or voice incorrect and wonder if you could share with me the title and voice details so I can make another attempt to locate a copy for purchase.

I replied as follows:

The title is almost correct: "Serenity through A Course in Miracles," and the reader is Leigh Taylor-Young, not Beverly Hutchinson. Beverly also made a series of recordings of readings from the Course.

Taylor-Young's CDs can be found here:



When I ordered some CDs from them, they actually sent me a second copy free, suggesting I give it to a friend! I like that approach!

Beverly's recordings, on MP3 (CDs no longer available) can be found here: 


They are all wonderful recordings!

I’ve posted the first commentary on Chapter 4, covering the Introduction and Section I, paragraphs 1 to 6. The remainder of Section I will be covered in the next commentary.

Actually, these paragraphs were received by Helen prior to the full text of the Song of Prayer, but they are a kind of preview of its message. Robert Perry reads and deals with these in his talk on Tape 1.

S 1 A 4 Asking is holy, and it is holy because it is a way of reaching God. He is the Answerer because you are in need of an Answer. No- one can3 ask for another and receive the answer for him. But you can, and indeed you must, help him by offering your love and support that his answer be holy and his true need recognized. That is prayer; it is the same for yourself or for another. There is no difference. If you received the answers for another, there would be a difference.

S 1 A 5 This does not mean that you cannot get messages for another, if it is God Who chooses this way of reaching him. This will usually happen unexpectedly, generally in the form of a sudden feeling that you have something to tell him; a message to deliver. You have not been wrong in the past about how you have asked, but you are ready for a step ahead now. There are joint decisions in which unanimity of response is a good indication of authenticity. This should not be abandoned. But asking is a lesson in trust, and no-one can trust for another. He can only strengthen another’s trust by offering it to him and having faith in his ability to hear for himself.

S 1 A 6 Asking is the way to God because it offers us His Will as He would have us6 hear it. We will have a series of lessons on asking because you have not understood it. But do not think because of that that you have been mistaken in your attempts. You have done well and will do better.

S 1 A 7 Any specific question involves a large number of assumptions which inevitably limit the answer. A specific question is actually a decision about the kind of answer that is acceptable. The purpose of words is to limit, and by limiting to make a vast area of experience more manageable. But that means manageable by YOU. For many aspects of living in this world that is necessary. But not for asking. God does not use words and does not answer in words. He can only “speak” to the Christ in you, Who translates His Answer into whatever language you can understand and accept. Sometimes words will limit fear; sometimes not. That is why some people hear words, some11 receive feelings of inner conviction, and some do not become aware of anything. Yet God has answered, and His Answer will reach you when you are ready.

S 1 A 8 Answers are not up to you. Any limit you place on them interferes with hearing. God’s Voice is silent and speaks in silence. That means that you do not phrase the question and you do not restrict the answer.

S 1 A 9 Asking is prayer. It is not a demand. It is not questioning. It is not limitation. The only real request is for God’s Answer. It needs the humility of trust, not the arrogance of false certainty. Trust cannot lie in idols, for that is merely faith in magic. Trust requires faith that God understands, knows, and will answer. It means a state of peace. For this you can safely ask. In fact, if you do not feel that you have it, asking for it is the only real request you can make.

Retreat get-away in Sedona (from Allen)