May/June 2017
Vol. MMXVII
No. 3
New Church Life
A bimonthly magazine devoted to the teachings revealed through
Emanuel Swedenborg, as they relate to life.
185 In this Issue
187 Editorials: Revelation as a Mirror • The Marriage Supper of the Lamb •
Religious Feelings: Yearning and Hope
192 Letters to the Editors
198 Progress and Development of the New Church
The Rev. Willard L. D. Heinrichs
206 What News From Earth? – A Sermon by the Rev. Jeremy F. Simons
211 Go and Sin No More – A Sermon by the Rev. Grant H. Odhner
216 Bryn Athyn College Extends Its Reach
218 Swedenborg and the Arts International Conference
222 Indexing His Way into Further Enlightenment: Discovering Swedenborg’s
Process Through Translation – The Rev. Dr. Jonathan S. Rose
230 A Daily Reading Schedule for the Arcana Coelestia
232 Finding Hope: Talking About Addiction, Suicide, Domestic Violence
and Mental Illness – Bronwen M. Henry
237 Charity Works: Carrying the New Church Mission into Service in
El Salvador – Tara Dugan
241 Church News
257 Life Lines
268 Announcements
New Church Life is online at www.newchurchlife.org, with issues archived back
to 2006. All issues of New Church Life can be searched back to 1881 at
www.heavenlydoctrines.org.