May 16, 2020 As we all struggle to adapt to the restrictions and challenges surrounding COVID-19, it has been announced that the 2020 General Convention of the New Jerusalem (aka. Swedenborgian Church of North America) will be held in virtual/online format from Friday, June 26 to Sunday, June 28. The theme will be “Spiritual Vision …
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The Book of Job is said to be a book of the “Ancient Church”. It is full of correspondences such as existed in the writings of the Ancient Church and it is written in accordance with the method of writing at that time (AE §740*). The book of Job is difficult to translate because it …
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In this new study series, Rev. David Fekete, contributing editor of Our Daily Bread, explores the Gospel of Luke from a Swedenborgian perspective. Stay tuned for regular lesson updates! Click below for a printable PDF version of Lesson 1:
In this sermon, Rev. Robert McCluskey explores the Swedenborgian inner meaning of “blindness” in the Word. How can the spiritual concept of blindness found in Swedenborg’s interpretation of the Gospels help us grow spiritually and become more fully receptive of Divine light, even amid troubling circumstances? Click below for a printable PDF-version of Rev. McCluskey’s …
-Rev. Paul Martin Why did the Corona Virus happen? Perhaps, correspondentially it has to do with our weakened overall health and immune systems (spiritual health), especially as related to the lungs (understanding). In general I would say this is more of a medical question than a spiritual one, however. Why do things happen? Wrong question! …
Rev. David Fekete Religious people may have mixed feelings about the Covid-19 virus. In addition to the strange new restrictions on our social life, the growing numbers of sick, and the death toll, religious people may want to force meaning onto this pandemic. I think that we are in a kind of state of shock …
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March 11, 2020 While my clothes were in the dryer at the laundromat, I continued reading the Analects of Confucius. I have been reading Confucius over the past few weeks. Much of his sayings I can’t understand. But I do understand a portion of them. However, pondering each saying–or should I say wrestling with each …
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Rev. Kit Billings of LaPorte New Church in LaPorte, IN, shares a message of hope and faith amid the global COVID-19 crisis. How can a Swedenborgian image of an endlessly and indiscriminately loving God help us in times of challenge? Click below for Rev. Kit’s printable PDF sermon: Do Not Fear – Remember the …
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Rev. Sage Cole and her team at Swedenborg Chapel in Cambridge, MA, right by Harvard Square, continue their exciting and proactive work establishing the Helen Keller Center Spiritual Life Center, to be housed at the Chapel. The Center will celebrate and continue on the legacy of one of the most notable and well-known Swedenborgians: The …
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In this sermon, Rev. Robert McCluskey of Wayfarer’s Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Rev. Robert McCluskey discusses the Swedenborgian perspective on the ideas of “heroes” and “saints”. Click below for a printable PDF version of Rev. McCluskey’s sermon: _”Heroes, Saints, and Nobodies”_- Rev. Robert McCluskey Rev. Robert McCluskey, B.A., M.A., is …
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