In a freak ending—a first in World Series history—game three of the 2013 World Series matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals ended with an obstruction call. Here’s the official definition of “obstruction” from the Major…
Yearly Archives: 2013
World Series Obstruction: Intent or Not Intent, That is the Question?
Tagged with: Allen Craig, Boston Red Sox, evil, Jim Joyce, Major League Baseball, obstruction, obstruction call, obstruction rule, sin, spirituality, St. Louis Cardinals, Will Middlebrooks, World Series 2013
Posted in Sports and Recreation
Posted in Sports and Recreation
Secrets of Heaven, by Emanuel Swedenborg
What are the stories in Genesis about? Was the world really created in six days, or is there some deeper meaning? What about Adam and Eve? Noah and the Ark? How can we believe these stories in the first few…
Tagged with: Adam and Eve, Creation, Emanuel Swedenborg, Genesis, Noah, Noah and the Ark, Secrets of Heaven, spiritual meaning, spirituality, the Bible
Posted in Books and Literature
Posted in Books and Literature
Suffering, Struggle, and Hope: The Example of Ismail Khalif Abdulle
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. —Helen Keller, in a 1903 article titled “Optimism.” The Al-Shabaab terror group made headlines last month with its horrific massacre at the Westgate shopping…
Tagged with: Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, cross-amputation, Harstad Norway, Helen Keller, hope, Ismail Khalif Abdulle, Kenya, pain, Somalia, struggle, suffering, violence
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering
Tobias Bass and the Far-Reaching Power of Childhood Love
Tobias Bass had a problem. He wanted to run a 5K race with his older brother Titus, and he didn’t see how he could do it. You see, Titus has cerebral palsy. He can’t walk. And the boys’ single mom,…
Tagged with: Amanda Taylor, cerebral palsy, childhood experiences, children, handicapped children, jogging stroller, Kelly Ogle, KWTV News9, love, Oklahoma City, spirituality, Titus Bass, Tobias Bass
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
How does Jesus Appear to Us? Can We See God Face to Face?
Last month a Swedenborg reader named Nevada Sample submitted a spiritual conundrum about how Jesus appears to human beings and to angels. Here is a shortened version of what he wrote, focusing on his questions: I have just read your…
Tagged with: angels, Christianity, Emanuel Swedenborg, God, God With Us, Jesus Christ, religion, spiritual sun, spirituality, sun of heaven, the Bible, the Transfiguration, vision of Christ
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in All About God, The Bible Re-Viewed
How to Know if Mr. or Ms. Right is Right for You: Pointers from Gloria and Emilio Estefan
You’ve been in a relationship and are considering taking the next step into marriage with your partner. How can you have confidence that your marriage will not become a statistic like so many others that started with wonderful excitement, promise,…
The Heavenly City: A Spiritual Guidebook, by Emanuel Swedenborg
The Heavenly City is Swedenborg’s own brief introduction to his religious ideas, translated into readable modern English. If you want to get the basics on Swedenborg in his own words, without having to struggle through old-fashioned translations, this is the…
Wrestling with Angels: When “Good Enough” is Not Good Enough
Huh? Wrestling with angels? Aren’t angels supposed to be the good guys? Don’t they go around spreading love and light and all that wonderful stuff? Yes, angels are beings of love and light. But as portrayed in the Bible, angels…
Antoinette Tuff and the Averted School Shooting: God’s Love in Action
Last week, on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, Michael Brandon Hill, 20, walked into an elementary school armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition. The elementary school was the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur,…
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