New Church Life Sept/Oct 2013 | Page 20

new church life: september / october 2013 He washed the disciples’ feet; He mixed with the down-and-outs; He called an outcast woman Daughter; and He wept! His compassion and humanity were clearly visible, and, since the Second Coming, He can be even more visible. Thank you, Derek, for appreciating the beauty of the team approach. Julie Conaron Hospice chaplain and interfaith minister Willow Grove, Pennsylvania STARTING SCIENCE FROM GOD An eight-week SHS Outreach Online Course October 21 -- December 15, 2013 Tuition free. Course enrollment limited to 15 students. Dr. Ian Thompson Nuclear Physicist and Swedenborgian Author Many of us sense there is something real beyond the scope of naturalistic science. But what? Must mental and religious lives always remain a mystery and never become part of scientific knowledge? Can theism ever be connected with science? This course will explain a new rational approach to combining science and theism, using ideas from Emanuel Swedenborg. It presents theism as a scientific theory, explaining its basic postulates, consequences and predictions as simply as possible and without paradox. Dr. Thompson will show