I referred to Michael Syed’s book, Bounce: the myth of talent and the power of practice. It’s well worth a read. I also mentioned a video from Richard Rohr – Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps. Find it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8o6_IqKdy8
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Readers of Swedenborg are often accused of a reliance upon another source of truth than the Word. But what we see in Swedenborg is not a replacement of the Word, but an understanding of WHY the Word is regarded as holy, quite
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Click here to view notes and audio for other chapters Audio/Video reading of chapter 2 Description In this chapter, Swedenborg describes the essence of heaven and how one attains it. Summary Notes On Earth, Christians see heaven as a place where good
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Click here to view notes and audio for other chapters Audio/Video reading of chapter 1 Description In this chapter, Swedenborg describes the discrepancy between who God is and how people, Christian and non-Christian alike, as well as spirits perceive of Him. Summary
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Go find the person you disagree with, the person who lives in a way that is different from you. Are you able to show love to “other”?
What does it mean to “bow down”? The latest in our series on correspondences – the way natural, physical things represent spiritual (inner) states of mind.
I’d like to welcome you on this journey, reading Emanuel Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell. Many people encountering Swedenborg’s work for the first time begin here, with his most well known book. It certainly captures the popular imagination, as illustrated by the recent
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“The Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the initials “S. D. G.” at the end of all his church compositions and also applied it to some, but not all, his secular works.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soli_Deo_gloria) “Soli Deo gloria emphasizes the glory of God as
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Why would you get involved in a group such as a church? There are many reasons: the theology, the style of worship, they’re nice people, to meet like-minded others, social connection, for what you can get out of it, for personal or
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