Join Rev. Thom Muller, managing editor of Our Daily Bread, and many special guests, as we explore Swedenborg’s classic work “Divine Love and Wisdom”! Each week, we will be uploading a new episode of “Reading Swedenborg”, discussing a number of sections of the text. You can access the book in...
In this sermon, delivered at the New Jerusalem Church in Bath, Maine, Rev. Jane Siebert reflects on a little known treasure of Swedenborgian literature: “Thoughts in my Garden” by Mary G. Ware, first published in 1863, which is a profound reflection on the correspondences of nature. Click...
“Love, in its essence, is spiritual fire.” –Emanuel Swedenborg, CL §235 A Night Minister passes a “parishioner” in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District Photograph © by Kyle Ludowitz, kylemerrit.com The...
The creation myth in the book of Genesis still confuses and challenges its readers in the 21st century. Rev. Junchol Lee of the San Francsico Swedenborgian Church examines this epic tale through the lens of Swedenborg’s mystical reading of Scripture. Readings: (click for links to texts) Genesis 1:26-28, John...
In this sermon, Swedenborgian scholar and minister Rev. George F. Dole reflects on the inner meaning of the narrative of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, celebrated on Palm Sunday. Click below for a printable PDF version of Rev. Dole’s sermon: Road to the Cross The Reverend George Dole...
Off and on over the years I have gotten addicted to various puzzles, computer games, and the like. If you’re like me, I think you’ll find that you get particularly hooked when you feel that you almost have one solved, but not quite. I find myself saying, “I’ll try...
We are happy to announce a new ODB series: The “Service in Action” programming will keep you informed about ministries of service, compassion and justice within the Swedenborgian Church of North America and beyond. Stay tuned! “Feeling the joy of someone else as joy within ourselves – that...
In this Sermon, Rev. Junchol Lee, pastor at the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church, offers a Swedenborgian interpretation of the mythological second day of creation in the Book of Genesis. Knowing and learning is perhaps the most important activity for a human being for one’s survival, self-fulfillment, having and maintaining...
In this piece, Swedenborgian scholar and theologian Rev. George F. Dole explores the biblical epic of the relationship between the divine and the human, as understood through Swedenborg’s esoteric scriptural exegesis. Click below for a printable PDF version of Rev. Dole’s article: Divine Lockout – Rev. George F. Dole ...
In this sermon, delivered at the Bridgewater New Jerusalem Church in Bridgewater, MA, Rev. Susannah Currie explores the theme of the New Jerusalem in the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, and how we might realize it in the present moment. Please follow and like...
