The New Age

We are all subject to the leadership of others in one way or another: government (at national, state and local levels), law enforcement, in the workplace, schools, churches, and community organisations. Many of us also have experience in positions of leadership. In some ways, history is as much a story of leadership as anything else. The events …

One of the most beloved of the post-Resurrection stories, retold in Luke’s Gospel, Chapter 24, is the late afternoon walk to what was presumably their home village, Emmaus, of the two disciples of Jesus, the name of only one of whom we know for certain, Cleopas. For reasons spelt out for us they were heavy-hearted and disappointed at what …

I have long felt that plants tell us more about spiritual things in our lives than animals do. While we can be as cunning as a fox or as quiet as a mouse, it doesn’t quite have the same effect as watching some flowers turn their heads towards the sun all through the day, or learning that plants …

When growing up in the church as a teenager, we learnt what was special about the New Church and its difference with the Old or first Christian Church. We learnt about the importance of the spiritual sense of the Word and the role of charity in our life of religion, that we were not saved by faith …

Simeon is mentioned several times in the Bible. There is Simeon, the second son of Jacob, Simeon, the old man in the Temple at the time of the Lord’s birth, and Simeon a midway ancestor of Christ, and Simon Peter, the leading disciple of Jesus. There is also Samuel or Shemuel, and Simon the Pharisee and Simon …

This article grew out of a remark that we now have two daughters of the Manse heading up major European powers. The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel’s father was a Lutheran Minister and the newly elected British PM, Theresa May’s father was a vicar. Incidentally it is reported that they both attend Church regularly. I am sure …

In this article we are going to cover quite a lot of ground about the Bible – some of its historical development of over more than 2000 years and then, perhaps more importantly, some of its spiritual aspects from our church teachings. It is truly a remarkable journey through its history and an astonishing spiritual truth that this Bible, …

You may know that many insurance companies have a property exclusion clause that describes certain natural disasters as “acts of God”, being outside human control and inevitable. Tornadoes, earthquakes, violent winds and very high tides would be some of them. The phrase ‘act of God’ at least brings God into the tragic consequences in which He certainly …

And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not point out to me that she is your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister?’ And I would have taken her for my woman. And now, look: your wife; take her, and go.” The …