About allenI lead a weekly study group in A Course in Miracles at Unity Church of Portland, Oregon. From 1993 to 2006, I worked with Robert Perry in The Circle of Atonement, a teaching and healing organization focused on A Course in Miracles and based in Sedona, Arizona. Prior to that I worked as a computer programmer, trainer, system manager, and consultant on VAX/VMS computers. I'm now retired, still writing, and living in Portland with my wife, Peggy Baldwin, enjoying genealogy and Bible study as hobbies. In 2012, I completed my training as a Licensed Unity Teacher (L.U.T.) for Unity of Portland, where I also teach classes about metaphysical principles and the Bible.
At the Circle, I authored and co-authored numerous books about A Course in Miracles, including my best seller, A Workbook Companion, containing commentaries on all 365 daily lessons of the Workbook. Other of my books are available through Amazon.com. Please use the link that follows if you want to see a list of my books: Allen's Amazon Author Page |
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I was introduced to ACIM in 1985, and began leading a study group in my home in New Jersey in 1987. Before long, I had three study groups going, one in Hackensack, NJ, one in Wayne, NJ, and one in West Nyack, NY! I started a newsletter for ACIM students, emphasizing New Jersey area events and news. This led to a connection with Robert Perry in Sedona, AZ, and after some correspondance and considerable prayer, I quit my computer consulting job and moved to Sedona in November of 1993, to join Robert in the Circle of Atonement. We published a newsletter together, put on workshops and retreats, and wrote and published nearly 20 short books about the Course, some individually, some co-authored.
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From age 16 to about age 38, I was an evangelical Christian (which I considered then, and now, to be a step above a "fundamentalist," but sharing a belief in the Bible as God's Word and Jesus as Savior). I became severely disillusioned with the Christian churches after a long journey from fairly traditional denominations, through charismatic groups and home Bible study groups, into serious attempts to "recover New Testament Christianity." I kept drawing the circle of inclusion wider and wider, until finally, it included everyone, and I could no longer restrict myself to any particular doctrine or form of belief. About that time, I discovered ACIM, and began my journey into metaphysical Christian thought. In 2007, I joined a Unity Church, finding them to be a community of like-minded people with a teaching closely paralleling that of the Course. I honor all spiritual paths, but, for me, the Course, and Unity, are my path.
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