Stephen has already had a small part-time role at the Cathedral helping
with its educational program. He has also been working in a semi-retired role
for the Glencairn Museum. With his new appointment, Stephen is substantially
reducing his Glencairn Museum hours and increasing his Cathedral hours.
Brian Henderson [who succeeded Stephen as Director of the Glencairn
Museum] has been consulted on this transition and is strongly supportive of it.
I am deeply grateful for the warm presence and effective work Jim Adams
has done through the first half of this fiscal year at the Cathedral. With the
limited hours he had to spend on this role, he did a great job of supporting the
staff, providing direction for all that supports the regular services and activities
at the Cathedral, and also moving a number of significant projects forward.
Jim has agreed to continue providing some project support as a member
of the Bryn Athyn Church Board Cathedral Oversight Committee.
tears of swedenborg?
The Rev. Dr. George F. Dole
In The Word Explained, Swedenborg covered the books of Genesis and Exodus
in detail. He dealt next with Joshua, Judges, First and Second Samuel, and First
and Second Kings much more summarily. In the case of Second Kings, in fact,
he treated only Isaiah prophecy to Hezekiah from Chapter 19, and concluded
with a brief note on Chapter 23 – the chapter that deals with Josiah’s restoration
of the temple and his death in battle – with an unexpected glimpse of the
author at work. Acton renders this latter as follows:
6328. Here is told the kind of life lived by the Jews under the kings. Josiah
was the only king whom God Messiah loved. This is the reason why now, after[the
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