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and believe. (Page 433)
Bishop Brian W. Keith reports on an episcopal visit this summer to
Kenya, where he says “the Lord is smiling on the Church,” after it weathered
some hard times. He and his wife, Gretchen, plus a delegation from Helping
Children in Crisis, saw happy orphans, teachers and administrators devoted
to New Church education in their award-winning school, and hundreds of
people participating in worship. (Page 438)
Introducing Our Ministers focuses on the Rev. Bradley D. Heinrichs, pastor
of the Carmel New Church in Caryndale, Ontario, Canada, who was welllaunched in a landscaping career when he got the call to plant spiritual seeds
instead. He’s never looked back. (Page 443)
In a sermon, “Do Not Worry About Tomorrow,” Mr. Heinrichs says that
when we are inclined to fret about worldly issues, we need to remember the
Lord’s words in the Sermon on the Mount: “Consider the lilies of the field.” The
angels “exist in a state of peace,” he says, “because they have an unwavering
belief that the Lord will provide for them every day what they need.” The Lord
can lead us into the same state of peace, if we but believe also. (Page 446)
The Rev. Dr. Reuben P. Bell, who is also a Doctor of Osteopathy, reviews
the book by David Fuller, DO: Osteopathy and Swedenborg. Mr. Bell finds
not only a fascinating history of osteopathy but a wonderful Swedenborgian
perspective. “With careful documentation,” he says, “Fuller traces through all
the common thread of Swedenborg’s causal system of spirit and nature. No
newcomer to this topic, I nonetheless gained a new and global understanding
of this impressive array of interactive influences.” (Page 452)
The Rev. Walter E. Orthwein reviews a new book by the Rev. Prescott
A. Rogers, The Triune Word. This is a revision of the Theological School
dissertation Mr. Rogers wrote in 1985. Its publication is made possible by his
Academy Class of 1964 and will be presented at their 50th reunion this Charter
Day. Mr. Orthwein says the book is a masterful collection of complex ideas
presented “in a unified, engaging, easy-to-read style.” (Page 455)
The Rev. Alan Cowley, pastor of the Michael Church in London, England,
sees great hope for the future of the Church in the kind of young people
attending the annual British Academy Summer School. Other items in Church
News include: plans for the annual Charter Day celebration in Bryn Athyn;
the Colchester Society in England celebrating its 90th anniversary; the gift
and installation of a new pipe organ – one of the finest in the world – in the
Bryn Athyn Cathedral; the outlook for the new academic year in the Academy
Secondary Schools; plans for next year’s women’s retreat – Gathering Leaves –
in Cincinnati, Ohio; and four pages of beautiful photographs from around the
Church. (Page 460)
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