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that he attended Bryn Athyn College about 15 years ago. He also admits that
he is a trained architect with little knowledge of how to put a book together.
Perhaps there are readers of this magazine who feel called to assist him in
getting his manuscript edited and published.
You can contact him at 312-340-7000 or [email protected].
The Rev. Dr. Ray Silverman is Associate Professor of
Religion, English and Moral Philosophy at Bryn Athyn College
of the New Church. He lives in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania,
with his wife, Star (Bruner). He is the author of The Core of
Johnny Appleseed: The Unknown Story of a Spiritual Trailblazer,
edited Helen Keller’s revised spiritual autobiography, Light in
My Darkness, and wrote the introduction for her inspirational
essay, How I Would Help the World. He and Star co-authored
Rise Above It: Spiritual Development Through the Ten
Commandments. Contact: [email protected].
Irv Kaage is a residential architect in Wilmette, Illinois,
focusing on historic districts, both designing new custom
homes and renovating homes dating back to 1872. In
2009, following a 10-year career as project manager for an
architectural firm, he paused his career, moving to Glenview,
Illinois, where his wife, Claire, resumed her career while he
became a stay-at-home Dad for their four children. He initiated
a three-year process of “meditative research on Swedenborg’s
exegesis of the Torah and Gospel.” Uninspired by his Lutheran
upbringing he became a religious seeker as a teenager. He discovered the
Writings and began studying Philosophy/Religion at Bryn Athyn College the
following year. His guiding passion is “finding ways for repaying that first gift
of spiritual light.” His life’s purpose “is to develop a writing approach of unique
appeal to seekers, and to favorably share his excitement for the Word’s lifechanging, life-giving power.” Contact: [email protected]
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