2017-06-28T18:38:26-07:00

Four of them, actually. Read more

2017-06-08T13:25:08-07:00

Which archetypal church do you belong to? Read more

2017-05-27T05:24:47-07:00

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

2017-05-12T03:40:40-07:00

In the last few weeks I’ve had opportunities to give chapel services at the Academy of the New Church and Bryn Athyn College of the New Church. At both schools I spoke on worry about the future (aka “care for the morrow”), and I read one of my favorite passages from Arcana Coelestia. Several people asked me afterward for the reference, so here’s that passage, in case anyone needs to read this today: “Care for the morrow” does not mean the care of procuring... Read more

2017-05-08T09:06:07-07:00

Four words that have been used to justify untold cruelty. Read more

2017-05-05T10:33:33-07:00

From traditional hymns to an alt-rock concept album, these are three of the spiritual recordings that move me most. Read more

2017-05-02T06:51:48-07:00

God is responsible for my hard heart only in the sense that my wife is responsible for my stubborn insistence on clinging to a bad mood. Read more

2017-04-25T14:04:13-07:00

You can't have religious freedom without the freedom to be an extremist. Read more

2017-04-20T07:45:56-07:00

What is the purpose of faith? It is the same as God's purpose for everything in creation: a joining together in love. Read more

2017-04-06T09:31:13-07:00

We moved without warning to the other side of the world almost a year ago. Our belongings have finally caught up to us. Read more


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