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The Purpose of Divine Revelation: That We May Have Joy
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 30, 2021
If we understand the nature of the Lord's love for us, we can recognize why He has revealed the ideas He has given to us. "The essence of love is loving others than oneself, wishing to be one with them and devoting oneself to their happiness." | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Lord as the Sun of Heaven
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - May 09, 2021
We know that the Lord is the perfect Human being. But we are also told about Him appearing as the sun of Heaven. Why is the Lord like the sun and how does He want to bring light and heat to our lives? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Holy Spirit
Worship Service: Sermon only - May 09, 2021
While the teachings of the New Church are clear that there is not a trinity of persons in God as traditional Christian doctrine teaches, those teachings do speak about Father, Son and Holy Spirit as the three essential components of God. In this trinity, what quality of God is the Holy Spirit and how does this quality of the Lord affect our lives? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Understanding the Lord's Word
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - April 18, 2021
There are many wonderful teachings in the Word that remind us of what the Lord wants us to think, do, and say. They remind us of how much He loves us and wants to lead each of us to a heavenly home. There are other statements that seem harsh and cruel. How does the Lord want us to understand them? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Hard Statements: Breaking the Two Testaments of Stone
Worship Service: Sermon only - April 18, 2021
Reading particularly in the Old Testament, but also in places in the New Testament, we can run across statements that not only do not reflect a loving God, but actually convey the opposite idea. If we are to hold onto the idea that the Lord is perfect love expressing itself in perfect wisdom, we need to know why the Word speaks so differently from what we might expect. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Palm Sunday: The Lord Coming to Help
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - March 28, 2021
The people of Jerusalem rejoiced as Jesus rode into the city on Palm Sunday. But they didn't know what kind of a leader He intended to be. Can we accept the Lord as a God who comes to help us? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Palm Sunday: A King Who Comes to Serve
Worship Service: Sermon only - March 28, 2021
Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a lowly donkey. He came to serve all of us. How hard is it to both acknowledge Him as the Infinite God and also one who comes to help each of us in each moment to lead wiser and kinder lives? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for Wayde Pitcairn
Memorial Service - March 04, 2021
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Kindness When Something Doesn’t Seem Right
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 28, 2021
Fourth in a series on kindness. Many of us grow up learning that some words and actions are good and some are not. When we see someone else being kind it can be easy to also be kind. But when we see someone doing something we think is wrong, we may have a less than kind response ourselves. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Kindness and Disorder
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 28, 2021
Part four in a series on kindness. How do you respond when you see someone do or say something you think is disorderly and destructive? For many this can evoke judgment and sometimes a sense of superiority to that person. The Lord wants us to recognize what true kindness means even when we face what seems to be disorder in others. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Memorial Service for June Davison Brock
Memorial Service - February 22, 2021
June Brock passed into the spiritual world on Thursday, February 17, 202 | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Golden Rule and Noticing Others
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - February 07, 2021
As we begin a five-week series on kindness, we look at the basic principle of looking to the good in others, which means noticing them and asking what they truly need. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Golden Rule and Noticing Others
Worship Service: Sermon only - February 07, 2021
As we begin a five-week series on kindness, we look at the basic principle of looking to the good in others, which means noticing them and asking what they truly need. What does really noticing someone mean, and what does it require of us? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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What Helps Good Decision-Making
Worship Service: Informal Family - January 17, 2021
No one hopes to make bad decisions. We all hope to accomplish good things which are our choices. King Jeroboam was promised that his descendants would continue to reign if he followed the Lord but then his fears led him to establish an idol for the people to worship. It was not a good decision. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Heilman Hall
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Responding to Opportunities for Growth
Worship Service: Sermon only - January 03, 2021
The beginning of a new year is a time that encourages people to think of the poast year and reflect on the new year beginning. Most of us would acknowledge that the last nearly ten months have been far from easy for many of us. What would the Lord like us to take away from these experiences? How can they serve the Lord's goals for our lives now and on to eternity? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Unto Us a Child is Born
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 25, 2020
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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The Lord Was Born So We Can See and Love Him
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - December 06, 2020
The teachings for the New Church are clear: We cannot come to love or sense that we are loved unless we see and believe that the Lord is both Human and God. He was born as a tiny infant in Bethlehem as part of this process. Prophecies of old had long promised His coming, | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Why it is So Important to Turn to the Lord as both Human and God
Worship Service: Sermon only - December 06, 2020
If the Lord had not been born into this world at the first Christmas, we would be missing a very important recognition of who He is. It is impossible to truly love or feel loved by a God who is just an ill-defined forced, no matter how powerful that force is thought to be. We are invited to worship the Lord as both Human and God. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Saying Thank You
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - November 22, 2020
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Giving Thanks
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 22, 2020
| By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Receiving Good Things from the Lord
Worship Service: Sermon only - November 08, 2020
The Lord constantly works to give good things to us beyond measure, but we don't always feel well cared for by Him. Why is this sometimes the case and what can we do to increase our awareness of the blessings He is bringing to our lives? | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Compassion and Brothers Reunited
Worship Service: Family (may include music) - October 18, 2020
Joseph's brothers had hated him, resenting Joseph's dreams of them bowing down to him. In spite of all the brothers had done, Joseph was able to forgive them and even recognize that God had been guiding all that happened to care for them all. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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Compassion and Reconciliation
Worship Service: Sermon only - October 18, 2020
The story of Joseph is both a story of intense family conflict and on a deeper plane a story of how the Lord miraculously creates our minds anew. Underlying both is the theme of compassion and seeing the Lord's loving care for our lives leading us to a happier and more useful life then we could ever imagine. | By Rev. Eric H. Carswell | Bryn Athyn Cathedral
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