Mercy
There are many ways to understand God and one way is through the term “mercy.” What might that term mean? It could mean womb-like mother...
Yep … Everybody.
God’s love is universal. Ours? Most often not. How can we recast a vision around that type of inclusion?
What Happens When We Place Love First
What happens when – in our spiritual lives – we place love first? Here is what might happen… “The Lord’s Kingdom would come on earth.”
What Happens When We Die
Have you ever pondered what happens when we die? Most people sense something on the other side of this life. From a Swedenborgian perspective, what...
Division vs. Difference
In the Christian world it is doctrine that differentiates churches. The names of these different churches grew out of doctrine alone which would never have...
Drilling Down to the Real
Drilling down to the real means coming back again and again to a simple premise… “Anyone who lives a life of love for others knows...
Moving Through Seasons of Loss
When we face loss, we face a basic choice – which is to embrace life as it is. The broken parts, and the blessed parts...
Spoken With Love
Religious teaching that lacks love or kindness is not an essential part of the church’s main values. A doctrine is just a piece of information...
Not the Way It Used to Be
We are left many times with the realization that life and our capabilities are not what they used to be. We struggle with those limitations...
Control Enthusiast
Anne Lamott famously noted that she was a “control enthusiast.” What is good control? What is bad control? Can we work at the “need” to...
That of God in Everyone
Quaker theology comes down to the statement “There is that of God in everyone.” Christian New Church theology shares that formative premise. Let’s look at...
