What Ferguson Can Teach Us About Love

I am a student of A Course in Miracles. The introduction to the course explains that its aim is to remove “the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence.” The introduction continues with: “The opposite of love is fear, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite. The course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way: Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.”

If your immediate thought to this introduction is … What? That makes sense. Be...