In this message, delivered at the Swedenborgian Community Church at Hillside in El Cerrito, CA, Birrell Walsh, PhD, discusses Swedenborg’s use of a feminine image God in his work “Divine Love and Wisdom”. Click below for a printable PDF version of the message: The Creatress Birrel Walsh, PhD is a writer and scholar …
Rev. Susannah Currie shares about the inner meaning of the Annunciation, and what Mary and the Angel Gabriel represent within our own psyche as we open ourselves to the presence of the Divine. Rev. Susannah Currie has served as pastor of the Bridgewater New Jerusalem Church since 2009. She served three terms as Treasurer of the General Convention of Swedenborgian Churches and …
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In this sermon, Rev. Hugh Odhner, pastor at the Lord’s New Church in Bryn Athyn, PA, reminds us that Swedenborgian Christmas is something which occurs within. How does the divine enter into our lives, and how do we enter into the divine? Click below for a printable PDF version of Rev. Odhner’s sermon: …
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In this sermon, delivered at the Church of the Holy City in Wilmington, Delaware, Rev. Shada Sullivan engages the phrase used by the writer of the Gospel of John, “Jesus Wept”. How can the image of a Christ who shares in human grief and suffering enrich our understanding of our relationship with the …
In this course, Rev. Dr. David Fekete, co-editor of Our Daily Bread, engages famous sayings of Christ from the Gospels through a Swedenborgian lens. INTRODUCTION When one reflects on a course about the sayings of Jesus, two Gospels are best: Matthew or Luke. Those two Gospels have the most sayings of Jesus, and they …
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From its beginnings in late eighteenth-century England and continuing up to the present day, a careful debate has cropped up from time to time within the Swedenborgian tradition as to what extent social justice issues might be broached in church discourse. The answering light shimmers from the New Jerusalem itself. Click below for a printable …
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In this sermon, Joy Barnitz explores the biblical narrative of “doubting Thomas”, and the role doubt can play in healthy spirituality. Click below for a printable PDF version of Joy’s sermon: The Touch of Doubt Joy Barnitz earned a Master of Divinity and a Certificate of Swedenborgian Theology, both from the Pacific …
This sermon explores the theme of Mercy in Swedenborg, and a more recent controversial Christian mystic, Padre Pio of Pietrelchina. What do these two holy men have to say about the concept of a “merciful God”? Click below for a printable PDF version of Rev. Muller’s sermon: Ex Divina Misericordia Rev. Thom Muller …
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In this sermon, delivered at the 218 Annual Convention of the Swedenborgian Church of North America, Rev. Kit Billings, convention preacher, explores the inner sense of the Book of Revelation, and how its surprisingly positive and inspiring message can take shape in our lives as individuals and communities. Click below for a printable …
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In this sermon, Rev. Hugh Odhner explores the inner spiritual meaning of the Book of Exodus, and the person of Moses, through a Swedenborgian lens, and how this mythological character relates to a deep aspect of our own spiritual being. Click below for a printable PDF version: The Moses Within Us Rev. Hugh …
