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By Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence Swedenborg declared a New Age was at hand—one connected to a new communication system between the natural and spiritual worlds. Communicating about the novel opening of the spiritual realm was aided by the innovative publishing technology called the Gutenberg printing press. Mass and fast communication had become widespread, and Swedenborg
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By Rev. Dr. Amanda Riley As Christians, we know the power of good news. The Presbyterian Church, where I serve as Parish Associate, has chosen this theme for the season of Lent: “Tell me something good.” We know that good news can change our outlook on life, and, in the case of the Gospel, can
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By Rev. Susannah Currie In the October 27, 2025, issue of the New Yorker magazine, in Adam Kirsch’s article about the book, “Kant, A Revolution in Thinking,” (Harvard), by Marcus Willaschek, translated by Peter Lewis, the first four paragraphs are devoted to outlining Emanuel Swedenborg’s life and writing. Swedenborg and Kant were contemporaries in the
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202nd Convention at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Massachusetts Friday, June 26 – Tuesday, June 30, 2026 In-person registration is open until May 15,Virtual registration is open until June 15 on swedenborg.org
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202nd Convention at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Massachusetts Friday, June 26 – Tuesday, June 30, 2026 In-person registration is open until May 15,Virtual registration is open until June 15 on swedenborg.org
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202nd Convention at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, Massachusetts Friday, June 26 – Tuesday, June 30, 2026 In-person registration is open until May 15,Virtual registration is open until June 15 on swedenborg.org Members and friends of the Swedenborgian Church, we are happily planning to gather again in a lovely conference hotel setting that is
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By Dell Rose The Swedenborg Library in Chicago (swedlib.org) is pleased to announce a series of spring programs exploring one of the most enigmatic and philosophically challenging texts in the Hebrew Bible: the Book of Job. Beginning in April and continuing through May 2026, the Library will host a multi-session online seminar titled “The Book
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By Rev. Catherine Lauber “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” —Matthew 5:3 From a Swedenborgian perspective, we enter Scripture most faithfully when we understand that it is speaking about our inner life. The Word is not primarily about managing the world outside us, but about revealing the world
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By Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence It is good to routinely make a pilgrimage to sacred beginnings, and a case can be made that our shrine city is Boston. That is where the Swedenborgian movement originally congealed in a fulsome way in America, and it still boasts more Swedenborgian churches in the greater Boston area than
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