Feeling Empathy

You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. -Exodus 23:9  … Read more

God’s Law and a Hardened Heart

Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.” -Matthew 19:8  … Read more

A Mother’s Strength

I have calmed and quieted myself, I am like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child I am content. -Psalm 131:2  Dear … Read more

Can we know God’s thoughts?

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. -Isaiah 55:9  … Read more

Our Will vs. God’s Will

Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their allowance … Read more

Did Jesus have to die?

“The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise … Read more

A World of Meditation

Part I About 22 years ago, when I offered my first meditation class at the Swedenborg Chapel in Cleveland, Ohio, one of the first questions … Read more

To Commit Together

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon … Read more

The Battle Within

I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, … Read more

Humility vs. Ego

Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth. -Number 12:3  Dear members and friends, The father of modern … Read more