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September 2018

September 19, 2018

What Type of Christian Are You?

There are seven different types of Christians described in the book of Revelation.

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Much Ado About Saying Goodbye

There's no goodbye like a community theater goodbye.

April 2018

April 20, 2018

I Know What It Feels Like to Be a Painted Flower

A convicting image of the difference between fake goodness and real goodness.

February 2018

February 27, 2018

What community theater has taught me about incarnation

And how preparing to play a Shakespearean villain has inspired me to reflect on New...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

Happy birthday to a man of many faults.

Emanuel Swedenborg was a great man - but he is honored better by a warts-and-all...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

3 God-given principles of learning (AKA New Church education in a nutshell)

The spiritual realities that effect learning.

October 2017

October 16, 2017

Wrestling with contradictions means we’re doing something right, not wrong

The places of apparent inconsistency are the best places to learn and to deepen our...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

No, God didn’t tell you that your girlfriend should marry you

How God does and doesn’t tell us what to do.

September 03, 2017

You can’t invite anyone in if you don’t have walls and doorways

How establishing clear boundaries makes society more inclusive, not less.

August 2017

August 12, 2017

Jackasses Are Louder Than Draft Horses: Hope For Our Political Climate

How an Old Testament figure can give us a new perspective on current political discourse.

July 2017

July 08, 2017

Asking for Help

I'm really bad at it. Here's why I know I should do it anyway.

May 2017

May 26, 2017

I Was a Preteen Wannabe Jedi

How a childhood obsession with Star Wars laid the groundwork for my adult faith.

March 2017

March 14, 2017

Why I Don’t Say “Swedenborg Says…”

Why the only Swedenborgian blogger at Patheos avoids citing Emanuel Swedenborg by name.

March 10, 2017

The Best Things: Swedenborg Foundation Videos and Blogs

Three insightful, funny, and practical resources for engaging with the ahead-of-its-time theology of 18th-century visionary...

March 03, 2017

Does the Trinity Matter? A Swedenborgian View of The Shack

There's a lot to love in The Shack, but can its portrayal of the Trinity...

February 2017

February 16, 2017

Does God Give Us More Than We Can Handle?

And does it count as handling it if we weep, shout, and completely fall apart?

February 13, 2017

Eternal Love in Heavenly Bodies

Why I intend to keep hugging and kissing my wife in heaven – even if...

February 02, 2017

A Potential Collaboration?

(Note: this was a post that contained information that was not as public as I...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

The Extraterrestrial Problem

Swedenborgians tend to avoid discussing one of the most engaging, easy-to-read works in the New...

January 26, 2017

The End of the World As We Know It? The New Church Hope for the Future

The New Church believes that the Last Judgment and the "end of the age" have...

October 2013

October 01, 2013

Searching Swedenborg

As you might have noticed if you've followed links to passages from Swedenborg's theological works...

April 2013

April 16, 2013

Is the New Church a Cult?

I'm not a huge fan of using the word "cult" to describe religions one considers...

February 2012

February 10, 2012

How I View Swedenborg’s Writings

New Church Perspective has finished publishing my two-part essay on how I read the Writings: Part...

January 2012

January 20, 2012

The Little Way

There’s something about St. Thérèse. Until a year or two ago I’d never heard of...

November 2011

November 25, 2011

The Deeper Meaning in Tiffany’s Swedenborgian Angels

On Monday I received my copy of Tiffany’s Swedenborgian Angels by Mary Lou Bertucci and...

November 17, 2011

How Helen Keller (And I) Would Help the World

There’s a scene in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe that I imagine most...

October 2011

October 30, 2011

The Lesser Evil

This week I preached on the topic of lesser and greater evils. I touched on...

October 28, 2011

A Sense of Calling

There's a discussion currently going on over at New Church Perspective on the issue of...

September 2011

September 14, 2011

Swedenborg’s Writings: Where Do I Start?

The teachings of the New Church are based on the Old and New Testaments, along...

August 2011

August 15, 2011

Wisdom from Father Zosima

Crime and Punishment is my favourite novel. And yet somehow I've managed to never read...