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A Message from the President The title likely indicates to most readers I’m going to criticize a growing commercialization in the spirituality marketplace. But I’m headed in the opposite direction. Consumerism gets a bad rap as a word. We cannot avoid being consumers every single day, and spiritual issues ride in the choices we make. […]
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By Roxanne Grace Sperry Swedenborg wrote about Enoch and the people of Enoch as knowing and being in relationship with God through intuition, symbols, and possibly instinct. The Enoch were a people who did not rely on doctrine yet wrote the stories to be told for future generations to preserve our relationship with God. This
The Incredible Journey of Goin’ Home to the Most Ancient Church Read More »
Social Justice Committee By Dru Johnson Fractal (mathematics/physics): a pattern made of smaller patterns of exactly the same shape. Creation began from the highest or inmost things because it began from the Divine, and it proceeded to the last or outermost things and there it came to rest. (The outermost level of creation is the
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A Message from the President More than a hundred schisms ruptured American Christianity in the nineteenth century, and Swedenborgians published more words per capita than any other tradition, eagerly contrasting the Swedenborgian view against mainstream doctrine. Swedenborg himself set the tone. The final work off his pen—his massive summa, True Christianity—organizes each chapter around a
From Standoffish to Relational: Our Interfaith and Ecumenical Adventures Read More »
By Lorraine Kardash The following is a brief comparison between my understanding of Tibetan Buddhism and my understanding of the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. It seems to me that in both the writings of Swedenborg and the teachings of Buddhism what are foremost is Love and Wisdom. We read in Swedenborg that, All the things
Swedenborgian and Buddhism Parallels Read More »
By Sue Turley Reverend Carl Yenetchi and I were friends for forty-three years before his passing on March 2, 2023. He was an intelligent, funny, and spiritual man with a huge heart and calming presence. Carl went through a lot in his sixty-nine years of living. But his story is not mine to tell. I
My Friend Carl and Me Read More »
By Jay Barry At the recent Winter Intensive course at the Center for Swedenborgian Studies (CSS) a group of eleven met over the course of three days. Some joined virtually, and some met in-person at three locations: the CSS campus in Berkeley, the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church, and Hillside Swedenborgian Church. The following is a
A Reflection on the CSS Winter Intensive Read More »
Registration for in-person attendees is open until May 14, and until June 14 for virtual attendees.Registration is online only. The 199th annual convention of the Swedenborgian Church will be hosted by the Massachusetts New Church Union at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from Saturday, July 1 through Wednesday, July 5, 2023. This area of
Registration Opens for Both In-Person and Virtual Attendees on April 15th Read More »
Social Justice Committee By Dru Johnson Whoever wants to follow me must set aside their selfish interests, pick up their cross, and follow me (Mark 8:34). Discipleship, following Jesus,… is about following the way of the cross—commitment to the path of personal transformation… and… of confrontation with domination systems, equally symbolized by the cross (Marcus
Engaged Swedenborgianism is the Way of the Cross Read More »
