new church life:
september/october 2015
lives, wherever they are on that journey. I also serve all faiths in my role as a
hospice chaplain.
I do not believe I am in any danger of compromising my marriage since
my David is in the spiritual world and I do believe he is my strong spiritual
supporter. I in no way support these arguments, by the way, but I am at least
reassuring those who might feel that way.
We have been told that the New Church is not a representative church,
but one whose people can truly be touched celestially by the Lord. So the
argument that women cannot represent the Lord has no basis. Our role as
ministers of either sex is to support people spiritually, whatever that looks like,
and to constantly turn to the Divine for love and inspiration.
Rev. Julie Conaron
Interfaith Minister and Minister in the
Swedenborgian Church of North America
(General Convention)
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
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