The New Church in Europe: Outreach Challenges Plan and outline for workshop, by Stephen Muires UK Assembly July 14, 2012. 1. This workshop is about looking at the present and at the future. Not the past. If we could look at our past successes and ride that wave, we would not have this workshop here [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New Church’
UK New Church workshop July 2012
Posted in Workshops, plans, themes, tagged aboriginal woman, New Church, Swedenborg, UK Assembly on May 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Unreasonable fear
Posted in Flashes, tagged angel, fear, Jacob, New Church, Swedenborg, wrestle on March 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Söndag, 18 mars, 2012, Swedenborgs Minneskyrka. 11.00. Tegnérlunden 7, Stockholm, nära Rådmansgatan T-bana. The service is in Swedish. Gudstjänsten är på svenska. Interludium musik: Native American flöjt. Titel: Orimlig Rädsla (Unreasonable Fear) Swedenborg’s Arcana Coelestia 63: The hour of conflict is the hour when the Lord is at work, which is why in the Prophets [...]
An inevitable separation
Posted in Flashes, tagged New Church, Swedenborg on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Söndag, 11 mars, 2012, Swedenborgs Minneskyrka. 11.00. Tegnérlunden 7, Stockholm, nära Rådmansgatan T-bana. The service is in Swedish. Gudstjänsten är på svenska. Interludium musik: Native American flöjt. Titel: En oundviklig åtskillnad. När vi läser hela berättelsen i 1 Moseboken om Jakob som arbetar för Laban i 20 år, som gifter sig med hans döttrar, som [...]
The church spiritual?
Posted in Flashes, tagged Abraham Hicks, church, New Church on December 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I went to an Abraham group meeting. The idea of an Abraham group is to work as a group applying the alignment processes from the Abraham Hicks teachings. There were just three people, me included. At the start of the evening we introduced ourselves. One woman asked me, “So what do you do?” I said, [...]
Going to church: part two
Posted in Flashes, tagged Immanuelskyrka Stockholm, Lutheran, missionskyrka, New Church, svenska kyrka, Swedish church, Swedish Missionary Church on August 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I wrote here about my first experience of attending a normal Swedish church service, see this link. Today I had a second opportunity. A Native American flute friend works in the Swedish branch of the Mission Covenant Church. I found the nearest congregation and went to the 11 am Sunday morning service. This was in [...]
Application
Posted in Flashes, tagged application, Latin, New Church, software, Swedenborg, teachings, Truth on June 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Why do the works of Swedenborg seem thin on life application? They are full to the brim with knowledge, explanations, truths, connections, references, and stories. Yet, hardly ever do I find applications, or help on how to apply the teachings to my life. It is the same in the Bible. Lots of teachings, stories and [...]
Delighted with aliens
Posted in Aliens, tagged aliens, Earths in the Universe, extraterrestrial life, New Church, religion, solar systems, space, suns, Swedenborg, universe on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I belong to a Swedenborgian church. I am well satisfied with this. For multiple reasons. One of these reasons is aliens. This religion and its teachings is one of the very few that straightforwardly and unequivocally believe in intelligent human life on all other planets throughout the universe. For Swedenborg, the 18th century revelator and [...]
Membership in a spiritual tribe
Posted in Flashes, tagged my people, New Church, school of lost borders, spiritual community, tribe, vision quest on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s question: “What does the New Church have to offer? What did it offer you?” I am aware that every individual will probably give a slightly different take on this, each having had a unique experience. So is there a way of answering this at a general level that would be true for most people? [...]
Exploring a model for ‘church’ – part one
Posted in Flashes, tagged charity, church, faith, Jesus, Lord, New Church, spiritual, Swedenborg, Word on April 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The ‘church’ is inside, not outside. I am repeating this to myself, a hundred times. The church is inside. The church is inside. The church is inside. The church is inside. The church is inside. OK… it’s inside. Using the word in conversation, or on blogs, always morphs it to something outside. Outside means: a [...]
Coincidence
Posted in Flashes, tagged chance, coincidence, divine providence, life application, New Church, responsibility, Swedenborg on April 20, 2011 | 10 Comments »
What a coincidence! I want to display what is probably the most depressing, dismaying, and awful teaching that exists in the New Church, or in the world for that matter. It’s the idea that nothing happens by chance. Nothing. No big things, like tsunamis, and no small things, like a small pain in the left [...]
Declaration of faith
Posted in Flashes, tagged declaration of faith, faith, General Church of the New Jerusalem, graduation, New Church, ordination, priesthood, Stephen Muires on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Stephen Muires – Declaration of faith, 2011. LORD – I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Lord of heaven and earth (AC 8331; Mt. 28:18). I believe He is one with God the creator and that His spirit flows into all things and all people, on all planets (TCR 5, 143; AC 7477). [...]
The New Church Shop Front
Posted in Flashes, tagged book store, Bryn Athyn, cathedral, General Church, Journey campaign, New Church, Swedenborg, Willow Grove on April 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I was sitting in the Barnes and Nobles book store in Willow Grove (north west of Philadelphia, PA) this morning. Looked at the rows of books, the cafe, the size of the place. Looked out at the street, people and cars passing by. An easy and inviting place. I have enjoyed coming here for the [...]
Oh yes, proselytizing
Posted in Flashes, tagged Abraham, evangelization, Hicks, law of attraction, New Church, proselytizing on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It isn’t wrong to believe in something that brightens the mind, that inspires, that feels sacred, clean and good. And to the extent that I feel that way about anything, I will obviously share this with other people. So what is evangelization about? (It’s such a big scary word.) Is it about spreading the truth? [...]
Stillness on the lake
Posted in Flashes, tagged Abraham, Arcana Coelestia, Hicks, law of attraction, New Church, prayer, temptation on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Your real work is to find a way to be in the receiving mode.” (Jerry and Esther Hicks). “Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24) “Little heed is paid to the prayers of those in the throes of temptation.” (AC 8179) The Lord is [...]
Feeling good
Posted in Flashes, tagged good, human, New Church, religion, Swedenborg, Truth on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Writing the title of this post the thought comes up that “feeling good” may be seen as a cheap catch phrase and not an instruction about living. However, I feel good about “feeling good.” Swedenborg goes on and on about good and truth. Good and truth this. Good and truth that. Harmony of good and [...]
Uniqueness of New Church teachings
Posted in Flashes, tagged Bible, change, heaven, New Church, spiritual growth, Swedenborg, Word on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The uniqueness of New Church ideas concerning the Word, i.e. the Bible, starts with accepting that there is an internal, spiritual meaning inside the Word. There are correspondences with individual images and words that deepen the literal meaning into a much more spiritual meaning. Water corresponds to truth. So every time water is mentioned it [...]
