Finding A Higher Power, Or I How I Discovered Control
Blind faith has always sounded ridiculous to me. After all, a part of why I have been Pagan for over 30 years was because I did not just accept things at face value. I needed to know more. So I did not really have any problem “recognizing” my Higher Power. It was the...
ACA Kindle eBooks
The ACA World Service Organization (WSO) has upgraded the English language Kindle version of the “Big Red Book” (BRB) to ePub 3.0 format. This format now includes: – Revisions to content, as approved by the ACA Annual Business Conference – Page numbers that match the...
The Dawning Of You
Shattering silent stillness, heavy dark night Brilliant morning spills over a crisp horizon Spiritual awe-ache-ening Gawking griefstreaked shockO, Unnameable One, quiet, timeless Presence, it was always You.Merciful firmament ...
A Proposal Review Opportunity
Through the proposal process, groups suggest ideas to benefit the worldwide ACA fellowship. Each proposal can become an issue, to be voted on by ACA groups globally. The results of the polling help set the agenda for the Annual Business Conference (ABC). If your...
Without The Steps There Is No Core
I want to say something that some may have a hard time hearing. ACA has, in my opinion, been abused by the confusion that skewed WSO's framing of our program. I see and hear people with a lot of time and good will trying to come to grips with fashioning core documents...
I Met Grief In A Dewdrop
I first wrote this poem on December 24th, 2004, as a response to childhood experiences when I remembered how I fled to the natural safety of the fields and flowers after I was cruelly beaten for minor disobediences. Initially I used the word ‘GOD’ as the key word in...
Multi-Tool
Oh the delights of a renaissance man!One who shares such talents and toolsUnexpected in their wide divergenceFree from social norms and rules The hippie who embroidered daisiesWherever he found tears in his clothesThen stained glass called to his artistKaleidoscopes...
Meditation: Cottonwoods: Ten-Thousands Reasons Why
Small ponds dry up. The season, even the climate, changes. What happens? What becomes of the largemouth bass, when the temperature goes up? Or when beavers or the Corp of Engineers, re-route the stream on such as he? Big fish and those who resist change are vulnerable...
New ACA Language Subcommittee
The new ACA Language Subcommittee of the WSO Literature Committee announces that its volunteer members have developed and adopted the following Statement of Purpose. The purpose of the Language Subcommittee is to recommend language and words for ACA literature that...
Feelings And Buried Memories
. . . will return. I’m learning the check-in process and understanding the value in feeling and healing. The anger and helplessness I so skillfully tucked away in my childhood is unfolding as my Inner Child responds to my love for her, my Teenager trusts me, and my...