As I scanned the spiritual life section one evening at Barnes and Noble, I happened across the book A Course in Miracles. “Interesting title for a book,” I thought as I selected it from several hundred other possibilities.

Quickly irritated by its incomprehensibility, I returned it to its place and continued to browse the section. The next day, I went back to the bookstore, and as I reached for it, I thought to myself, “Why in the world am I picking up this damn thing again when it made no sense to me during my first review?” Inexplicably compelled, I brought it with me to their in-store coffee shop for a thoughtful review. And as the day before, I put it back after finding it confusing.