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By Dell Rose Every tradition that claims a special revelation eventually confronts a fork in the road. Down one path lies dissolution: the sacred texts become literature, the doctrines become metaphors available for endless private reinterpretation, and the community that once gathered around a shared vision of God dissolves into a loose affinity group united
By Dell Rose “Who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15) Though this question was given to Simon Peter, it is a question at the heart of the Christian tradition and our tradition in general. It has been over three hundred years since our illuminator Emanuel Swedenborg proclaimed the descent of the New Jerusalem,
Join the Helen Keller Spiritual Life Collaborative (HKSLC) on Tuesday, May 26, at 7:00 PM ET for the third in our series of Be Honest Conversations. LGBTQIA+ Identity: Love, Gender, Marriage & Sexuality, with featured speakers Rev. Colin Amato, Tirah Keal, and Alex Gayheart. This event is co-sponsored by The Rainbow Church of The New
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By Serena Greenwood, SCYL Clear Blue Sky Editor At this retreat, we talked about the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. We had a pretty packed house with sixteen teens! Personally, I really enjoyed this retreat and all of the amazing lessons we had. With Rev. Renée, in our session of
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By Pastor Paul Deming Luke’s gospel differs from Mark and Matthew, especially regarding the story of Jesus reading from Isaiah in the synagogue. Quite frankly, Mark and Matthew do not mention it, except to say that Jesus went into his hometown teaching in the synagogue. (Matthew 13:54, Mark 6:1–2) If Luke is embellishing with the
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