{"id":581,"date":"2017-07-18T21:14:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T21:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/?p=581"},"modified":"2017-07-19T05:56:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T05:56:39","slug":"st-john-the-forerunner-rev-thom-muller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/st-john-the-forerunner-rev-thom-muller\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;St. John the Forerunner&#8221; &#8211; Rev. Thom Muller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-582 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/St_John_the_Baptist_Angel_of_the_Desert_17the-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/St_John_the_Baptist_Angel_of_the_Desert_17the-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/St_John_the_Baptist_Angel_of_the_Desert_17the-768x1125.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/St_John_the_Baptist_Angel_of_the_Desert_17the-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/St_John_the_Baptist_Angel_of_the_Desert_17the.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this sermon, delivered at Hillside Swedenborgian Church in El Cerrito, CA, Rev. Thom Muller explores the deeper message in the imagery of John the Baptist, one of the most intriguing characters of the Gospel narrative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click below for a PDF version of Rev. Muller&#8217;s sermon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/St.-John-the-Forerunner-Rev.-Thom-Muller-2.pdf\">St. John the Forerunner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-457 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/thom_muller_3-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"124\" \/>Rev. Thom Muller is pastor of Hillside, an Urban Sanctuary, in El Cerrito, California, as well as junior editor of Our Daily Bread. His passions include the intersection of spirituality and psychology, interfaith theology, Christian Mysticism, and the Western esoteric tradition. He was ordained into the ministry of the Swedenborgian Church of North America in 2016, upon receiving his theological education at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church and the Center for Swedenborgian Studies \/ Pacific School of Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sfsi_Sicons\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"postmeta\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In this sermon, delivered at Hillside Swedenborgian Church in El Cerrito, CA, Rev. Thom Muller explores the deeper message in the imagery of John the Baptist, one of the most intriguing characters of the Gospel narrative. &nbsp; Click below for a PDF version of Rev. Muller&#8217;s sermon: St. John the Forerunner &nbsp; Rev. Thom &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/st-john-the-forerunner-rev-thom-muller\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;St. John the Forerunner&#8221; &#8211; Rev. 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