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Written By Jenny M. Caughman There are not many things most people agree on these days, but describing our current political and cultural climate as divisive is perhaps one of them. And perhaps another is that very few people think we are in a good place, that our current system or attitudes are working well. […]
We Can No Longer Afford to Ignore the Common Good Read More »
Written By Jim Lawrence with David Brown Introduction Rev. Dr. David Brown, Lead Chapel Minister at Wayfarers Chapel, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Pacific School of Religion last April with his defense committee of me, Dr. Rebecca Esterson, and Rev. Dr. Jonathan Mitchell. His dissertation, entitled “Kairos and Attention Epistemology: Socioeconomics, Neuroscience, and Spirituality,”
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Written by Kurt Fekete The first thing the girls did was stake out their territory, flip the tables, and build their forts! Thus began the November SPLATz+ (Super-Powered Lovable Almost Teens) retreat at the Boston Church on the Hill (Boston Society of the New Jerusalem). Seven youth, aged ten to fifteen, gathered for the weekend
SPLATz Find Freedom in Boston Read More »
Freely Adapted to the Language of the Cosmos Written by Rachel Rivers Translator’s Preface In July of 2021, for the first time since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic sixteen months previously, I packed up my car with my camping gear and ventured away from my home on the Point Reyes peninsula, driving northeast three
Emanuel Swedenborg’s Heavenly Secrets, Paragraphs 1–5 Read More »
Message from the President – October/November Written by Jim Lawrence During a recent memorial service for a young adult killed in yet another senseless act of random gun violence, I was saddened yet again by how often people of faith in certain modern frameworks do not seem to regard an ongoing spiritual world life beyond
Good News of “Life After Life” is Still Urgently Needed Read More »
Written by Kurt Fekete A small but enthusiastic group of youth gathered in S. Duxbury, Massachusetts at the Cedar Hill Retreat Center on a brisk, beautiful, October weekend to learn more about Emanuel Swedenborg’s concept of correspondence. We started off the retreat with a fun game of Apples to Apples on Friday night while waiting
Teens Study Correspondences at the SCYL Fall Retreat Read More »
Written by Laura Ayer In Fryeburg, Maine, it was almost serendipitous that two simultaneous Peace Crane Projects were in the works during April and May to create an astounding 1,000 paper origami cranes. The project’s roots are based on the ancient Japanese origami art form, where delicate and colorful kami paper is folded into ornate
1,000 Paper Origami Cranes and the Wish for Peace Read More »
Written by Rebecca Esterson Many of us travelled a long way to be at Convention this year. We came by train, bus, and car. On the other hand, many of us travelled shorter distances to be with the community virtually, having travelled from the kitchen to the living room, or from the living room to
Images of Infinity in the Cosmic Garden Read More »
