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By Rev. Dr. David Brown I am happy to share that our new directions in ministry at Wayfarers Chapel are bearing fruit. It was a significant leap for our Board of Directors to retain me in ministry after the devastating landslide that destroyed our beloved sacred space, known around the world as Wayfarers Chapel. Yet […]
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By Rev. Nanci Adair The Portland New Church, long known for its Swedenborgian heritage, is experiencing a remarkable renewal. What was once a small, fledgling congregation is blossoming into a vibrant center for Sacred Arts, a living ecosystem of spiritual seekers, healers, and artists who are co-creating a new vision for what church can be
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By Kurt Fekete At this year’s Swedenborgian Church Youth League (SCYL) Fall Teen Retreat at Cedar Hill Retreat Center in South Duxbury, Massachusetts, we dove fearlessly into the theme The Beautifully Wicked Trap: How Hell Captures Your Soul.Eleven teens explored the subtle ways the Hells try to lure us in, and how we can recognize these
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By Rev. Kevin Baxter I can’t quite remember when the idea first took root—maybe at the Fryeburg Assembly—but at some point, I decided I wanted to volunteer at the Fryeburg Fair New Church Food Booth. I started asking around, just enough to learn what was involved without actually committing. But by September, I’d spoken with
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Support Our Little Church with Its Special Purpose Most of the time we understand church as an organization on earth. Swedenborg recognizes this and calls this form “the church specific.” But he also shaped a powerful perspective on the way church exists as a form of spiritual force. We individually can be understood as a
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By Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence The Swedenborgian Church of North America is the only one of the five Swedenborgian denominations worldwide to be officially involved in ecumenical work in their country. The National Council of Churches in Christ (NCC) in the U.S. arose as a place for Christian denominations to have a structure for common
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by Rev. Dr. Amanda Riley On the last Wednesday in October, a flurry of emails and text messages began. Everyone was trying to figure out what to do if the Nationwide SNAP program with distribution set for Saturday, November 1, was paused. This has never happened before in the eighty-six-year history of food aid in
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by By Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence The surprisingly green urban spaces of downtown Portland, Oregon look lovely in hindsight as we move forward from our 201st annual meeting held in a conference hotel adjacent to Portland State University for those in person, and we also again maintained virtual participation for people to join us from
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