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Church” – the Hurstville Society just outside of Sydney, Australia. (Page 343)
In a sermon, Mastering the Basics, Todd talks about how many professionals
master their talents through thousands of repetitions – and how this is also the
process for mastering our spiritual development. (Page 349)
There is good news from Theta Alpha International, telling of its
commitment to keep the organization going, with some critical new changes.
All of this will be voted on at the important annual meeting at Charter Day in
October. (Page 355)
Church News includes: pastoral changes throughout the Church; a report
from Chancellor Brian Keith about Dr. Kristin King agreeing to stay on as
President of Bryn Athyn College; reports on the Bryn Athyn College and
Academy Secondary Schools commencement exercises, with lists of graduates
and awards; the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone at the Bryn
Athyn Cathedral; a visit to Bryn Athyn from two former U.S. Presidents –
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison – with the Williamsburg Foundation,
where they spoke in the Cathedral about the importance of freedom of religion
in the birth of America, and Jefferson expressed his personal appreciation for
Swedenborg; and the 60th anniversary of a race in England in which Roger
Bannister first broke the barrier for the four-minute mile, with the Rev. George
Dole one of the runners pushing him to his record. (Page 359)
Next issue: We hope to present a complete report on the Ministers’
Meetings which took place in Bryn Athyn in late June.
O U R N E W C H U RC H V O C A B U L A R Y
Part of a continuing series developed by the Rev. W. Cairns Henderson, 1961-1966.
A P P R O P R I AT E
To appropriate is to make one’s own from freedom according to reason. The relation
of the term to eating and drinking gives us the essential idea. By these processes man, from
appetite, takes in, prepares, absorbs, assimilates and builds into the structure of his body the
nutritious elements in what he swallows. Spiritually, he appropriates whatever he absorbs
from love and builds into the structure of his mind and life. Thus whatever he wills, thinks,
does and says from love he appropriates, both good and evil, and those things are said to be
appropriated by him. However, that only which is appropriated in freedom remains. (See
Brief Exposition 69; Divine Providence 138)
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