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By Tryn Rose Seley Walking into the Lord’s New Church in mid-May in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, we were immersed in burgeoning springtime flowers, gentle breezes, and birdsong. The camaraderie was apparent with warm welcomes for new and old friends gathering from as far away as Boston, Phoenix, and Pittsburgh. The synergy and value of showing
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By Rev. Shada Sullivan, Mid-Atlantic Association Secretary In March 2026, at the annual membership meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association, on behalf of the New York Association, Rev. Youngmin Kim proposed that the Mid-Atlantic and New York Associations should merge. With only one remaining church in the New York Association, clergy and members would benefit from
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Logopraxis is a process-oriented approach for working with spiritual principles that are drawn from the Bible and expounded upon in the doctrines of Spiritual Christianity. In these works, we find a comprehensive account of Emanuel Swedenborg’s direct experience of how these universal principles govern the inner structures and processes of the human mind or spirit.
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God — the divine, the divine source of all that is — is made up of three primary components: love, wisdom, and usefulness. Join the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative on Tuesday, October 13 at 8 pm ET as we delve deeper into the doctrine of God as love, Wisdom and Use with featured speakers
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By Dr. Rebecca Esterson This past summer, the Department of Defense (DOD), under the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, dropped 180 faith groups from its official list of religious codes for service members. The list, which was reduced from 211 religions to just 31, is used for collecting information on the religious affiliation of
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By Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence One of the strongest programs in our church these days is the teen youth work of the Swedenborgian Church Youth League (SCYL), led by our Youth Director Kurt Fekete, who has also been the vice president of the denomination for many years. This is the national group that spans coast
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By Gretchen Goodine On Sunday, June 21, 2026, the Church of the New Jerusalem in Bath, Maine, held an Installation Ceremony for Rev. Alison Lane-Olsen. Alison began preaching at the church as an interim minister beginning in October of 2024. While the congregation endeavored to search for a permanent minister, the desire to find a
By Pastor Paul Deming, Ben Gunter, and Dell J. Rose One of the requirements for those who are pursuing ordination with the Swedenborgian Church of North America is something that is referred to as “camp experience.” Candidates must attend either Almont Summer School in Michigan, Fryeburg New Church Assembly in Maine, or an approved equivalent.
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By Rev. Dr. Jim Lawrence Swedenborg once remarked in his eighteen-year diary that the love of only possessing money often becomes an obsession to the point of evolving into a kind of insanity, whereas the love of being useful through money always develops into a driving force creating angels. This counsel is on my mind
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