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March 2017

March 16, 2017

120 Years of a Swedenborgian “Benedict Option”

An open discussion of the successes, failures, and future of intentional New Church communities.

March 14, 2017

Why I Don’t Say “Swedenborg Says…”

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

June 2014

June 10, 2014

The Two Witnesses: A Sermon on Revelation 11

I delivered my final sermon in the Dawson Creek Church of the New Jerusalem this...

May 2013

May 11, 2013

New Church Links

A few New Church / Swedenborgian articles and videos that I enjoyed this week: 1.)...

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...

June 2012

June 12, 2012

Blogging the Bible: Acts and Epistles

For most of my life, I did not read any books of the New Testament...

February 2012

February 21, 2012

Salvation and Jesus: A Challenge

I want this blog post to be a challenge. In the New Church, we embrace...

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...

December 2011

December 01, 2011

Book Review: The Hidden Levels of the Mind by Douglas Taylor

At some point in college, I got fed up with theological charts and diagrams. Attending...

November 2011

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...

April 2011

April 18, 2011

Book Review: “Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, and the American Story” by Howard Means

Howard Means’s new biography of John Chapman (aka Johnny Appleseed) has been garnering some publicity...

April 06, 2011

Links On Doubt

Yesterday I mentioned my article on doubt in this month's New Church Connection. The whole issue...

February 2011

February 11, 2011

Swedenborg the Evangelist?

It's fairly often that I hear people say, "Swedenborg never intended to start a church."...

January 2011

January 29, 2011

Thoughts on Egypt

I’ve been following the protests in Egypt and praying for the Egyptian people - for...

January 28, 2011

What’s In A Name?

First of all, welcome to my blog, and welcome to the new site for those...

November 2010

November 28, 2010

Sermon: A Little Child Shall Lead Them

UPDATE: Sermon audio available here. I preached this sermon on November 28, 2010 at the...

July 2010

July 20, 2010

Sermon: Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem

I preached this sermon at the Carmel New Church in Kitchener, Ontario, on July 18,...

May 2010

May 01, 2010

The Lord In Everything

Last week I posted a quote that I love from True Christian Religion, which says,...

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Rev. Jonathan Rose in “Heaven”

In Monday's New York Times, Mark Oppenheimer reviews a new book by Lisa Miller entitled Heaven: Our Enduring...

April 28, 2010

Changes Since Swedenborg: The Rise of Arminianism

Has Christianity substantially changed since the Writings were published in the 18th century? Are Swedenborg’s...

April 22, 2010

God Alone Acts

"God alone acts; man permits himself to be acted upon, and cooperates to all appearance...