About Us & Our Ideas

Our organization, now known as Spiritual Sunshine, was founded over 15 years ago by a group of people who drew inspiration from Emanuel Swedenborg’s pluralist, mystical Christian writings and wanted to share reflections on them online. Since then, we’ve had multiple Swedenborgian ministers work with us (including Rev. Sage Cole & Rev. Wilma Wake), and our current leader, Rev. Cory Coberforward, started in 2018.

Watch our most recent Reflection

Here at Spiritual Sunshine, we are largely inspired by Christ’s teachings and Emanuel Swedenborg’s 18th-century visions and ideas, but also those from many other faith traditions that coincide with Jesus’ expression of love. This spirituality has deeply influenced the likes of Helen Keller (click to download a free ebook of her book My Religion, a book discussion of it can also be found here on our YouTube channel), Carl Jung, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), William Blake, Henry James, Robert Frost, D.T. Suzuki, Goethe, George Inness, and William Keith. 

Those who are inspired by Emanuel Swedenborg’s writings have often come to call themselves “Swedenborgian.” This “Swedenborgianism" that inspired our work and our largely Christian denomination is an interfaith, pluralistic, affirming spirituality, based on the theological writings of the Christian mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg. However, we all end up with our own point of view! Swedenborg believed that no matter your religion or lack thereof, you have the capacity to form a deep connection to community, Divinity, and the heaven within, wherever you are spiritually and whatever you call these things.

God speaks to us in many guises and, in this wide community, we seek to uplift the Divinity in each other wherever our relationship is so far! 

A video on Swedenborg from the Swedenborg Foundation, where our Rev. Cory serves on the Board of Directors

In Swedenborg's mystical visions (which he said were instantiated by Jesus Christ), he saw God/the One Life called Christ as a fundamental Divine Human, the source of all things. This Divine Humanity hopes to express more and more of himself/herself in our living, acting, and intending. From Swedenborg’s point of view, the glorified Jesus is this inclusive Divinity, one that appears throughout history and the universe in various diverse ways, depending on the time and the people. God always shines in our hearts as our inner light, seeking to be more fully embodied in our thoughts, feelings, and actions.

 
 

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At Spiritual Sunshine, a truth-oriented community, we love to uplift the divinity of life, heavenly peace, and the freedom of love in one another’s lives! Check out our recent videos and sign up for our emails to stay in touch and to learn more.