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By Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence The professional path of chaplaincy gives rise to powerful ministry roles in the Swedenborgian Church of North America—the only branch of worldwide Swedenborgianism that supports chaplaincy as an official category of ordained ministry. Though we may be the only Swedenborgian denomination to honor and support chaplaincy ministry in this way, […]
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By Kurt Fekete Fourteen SCYL teens, along with fourteen young adult Transitions group members, gathered at Almont retreat center over Memorial Day weekend to attend the annual spring retreat. The teens stayed in Heritage Hall, while the young adults resided in the dormitory. The teens attend spiritual sessions while, the young adults primarily spent their
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Planting the Seeds for the Future of Swedenborg The following is a transcript of the compelling keynote address by Dylan Hendricks, a futurist and Swedenborgian, with the Institute for the Future. We encourage you to watch the full video of the keynote on our YouTube channel (beginning around the 27 minute mark). It’s a pleasure
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By BJ Neuenfeldt In the fall of 2023 at the October meeting of the Michigan Association, armed with the knowledge that Convention 2024 already booked at Michigan State University (go Spartans!) and the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, the group was getting excited about welcoming other Swedenborgians to our great state. The budget was set
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By Rev. James H. Barry, Inductee I have a sixty-five year old friend in Philadelphia who spoke of how he found a new life thirty years ago. We were talking on a spring evening in a gathering of friends at a neighborhood church. He told me when he was young, he was doing well. But,
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By Rev. Junchol Lee, Induction Speaker First, I’d like to express that it’s such an honor to be the induction speaker for this very gentle, fine person, Rev. James Barry. I only have known him maybe two years, max. But there are two things that Jay deeply impressed me with that I would like to
From Natural to Spiritual Read More »
By Rev. Dr. Devin Zuber We often think of commencement as the end of something—often marking the conclusion of an academic school year, accompanied by a graduation. But etymologically, commencement is actually the beginning of something, with a great energy or force—the comm in “commencement” or to “commence” comes from a Latin root which means
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By Rev. Betsy Coffman “This is Holy Ground, we’re standing on Holy ground, for the Lord is present, and where he is, is Holy…” “Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, Blow through the wilderness, calling and free. Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea—over the eons you called to each thing…You
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By Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence We continued to evolve how we gather for our annual convention in three strategic ways this year: staying in a hotel for in-person, advancing our IT support for virtual attendees, and shortening our overall schedule. Early assessments from participants have been quite positive on all these directions. For the first
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