Minister’s Blog
As the original material from the man for the creation of the woman was a rib, which protects his heart, the creation of the woman symbolized God granting humanity what they desire the most in their hearts: a certain sense of ownership of their life…
Humans serve the grand design of the Creator by simply living a full life as it is given to them, because their existence itself supports the interconnectedness and interdependence of spiritual reality and physical reality.
God does not resemble us, but we resemble God. There is a significant difference between who resembles who.
Of course, Creator God wishes humans to choose the light and thus eventually become light. Yet, darkness remains because that is where we began our journey…
How many of us find ourselves making resolutions for 2026 that we had already made in prior years? What happened with those? Thankfully, our biblical tradition brings with it some guidelines for orienting ourselves…
John the Baptist proclaimed, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) But many biblical scholars in the modern world agree that the very phrase “takes away the sin of the world” might have been added by evangelists later.
Why would God care about the quality of human lives so much? Could it be simply because God loves humans? Or is there a deeper mystery involved? According to Swedenborg, the answer to these questions is yes to all.
For what reason did God have to incarnate into the human world taking human form? According to the Gospel of John, it was love for humanity, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.”(3:16)
What the first Christians chose to focus on was not figuring out the mysterious nature of Jesus, but learning and living the message of Jesus. For them, theological debate was less important than the experiential reality of love taught by Jesus.
We can only achieve a prosperous community when all members feel secure and are met with basic needs to have a satisfactory life. This is achieved only by means of sharing what we have with each other.