Our Father, Who Art in the Heavens
To whom am I speaking when I say, “Our father, who art in the heavens”? Many of us will have spoken these words often without spending much thought on whom […]
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Point, Circle, and the Lord’s Prayer
The exercise given in the Curative Course by Rudolf Steiner based on the point and the circle emphasizes the process of transforming the two into each other: the point becomes […]
Apocalypse2: The Book of the Apocalypse to John
“The Revelation to John”, as a book, has a clear structure. It has a clearly defined beginning and end, as last week we have seen.2 John’s spiritual experiences, his visions […]
For the Advancement of the World 2: The Living and the Dead1
When preparing for the festival of Michael, we looked at the way our human role in the world is highlighted in the call of the archangel, as heard in the […]
Apocalypse (3)1 “The Second Coming”
It’s somewhat misleading to speak of a “Second Coming” of Christ, of Christ “returning” or “coming again”. Such expressions go back to words of the two angels who appear when […]
Apocalypse (4)1 Apocalyptic Times
The word “apocalyptic” is often used rather loosely, when we speak about catastrophic or overwhelming events which might remind us of things described in the last book of the Bible. […]
For the Advancement of the World 1: Michael’s Call1
Our title has been taken from what even in The Christian Community we call “The Creed”, although we don’t use this specific word to introduce contents in which we would […]
Apocalypse (5) Human Evolution in the Apocalypse of John1
“We shall now survey the Apocalypse in an endeavor to see what it has to say concerning mankind’s Christian progress” (writes Rudolf Frieling). “This continually changes the scene of its […]
First Passiontide Sunday, 2007
March 11, 2007 Last week, with its many clear nights, those of us who were up early could experience an amazingly seamless transition: the light of the moon, which day […]
A Peek Inside the Beehive; An Update From the Future Initiatives Group
The Future Initiatives Group has been a beehive of activity throughout 2010. The current members, Ann Elizabeth Barnes, Fiona Gold, Cindy Hindes, Carol Kelly, Patrick Kennedy, and Oliver Steinrueck, were […]