Religious practice – What is the secret?

Religious practice

By Stephen Russell-Lacy Dogmatic religious believers give religion a bad name.  No wonder then that religious practice sometimes gets equated with hypocrisy and rigid beliefs in outdated doctrine.  Perhaps not surprisingly, researchers persistently find that about 25% to 30% of individuals in Western cultures identify themselves as spiritual but not religious.  The very word ‘religion’ … Continue reading Religious practice – What is the secret?

Bible stories – mythical nonsense?

You may have tried reading Bible stories only to find them out of date and irrelevant to today. Even if you have struggled to understand any meaning, you may have given up on them as mythical nonsense. However, according to spiritual philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg, what makes the Bible worth reading is a deeper meaning in … Continue reading Bible stories – mythical nonsense?