What Others Have Said About the Impact Logopraxis Has Had on Their Spiritual Life

The following testimonies were originally published in an article for the Theta Alpha Journal and are republished here with permission.

Logopraxis

Logopraxis is a term coined from the Greek words “Logos” and “praxis”, and means to practice the Word. It was developed by Reverend David Millar of the Australian New Church. In its most obvious form, it’s a method for approaching the Word. On another level, Logopraxis is a framework for building community. The community is based on each individual’s willingness to share with others what they discover from the Word and use in their lives. The following, written by practitioners of this approach, are responses to the question of how Logopraxis has been helpful in their lives.

Margit Irwin, Bryn Athyn, PA

Three years ago if someone asked me if I belonged to a Logopraxis group I probably would have replied that it was the sort of thing I would be uncomfortable with. Being a conservative type who has been uncomfortable whenever in a “care and share” group of any kind, Logo Praxis was not something I was looking for. However, a chance conversation with a classmate convinced me that it was worth at least trying it out. After all (and this was the clincher) it really wasn’t about me per se, but a chance to bring my religion into better focus. I am eternally grateful for that chance conversation!

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Siri Y. Hurst, Huntingdon Valley, PA

How Logopraxis is helpful in my life. It might sound a bit dramatic to say that Logopraxis has significantly changed my life for the better, but it has and here’s how. Before starting Logopraxis I used to read the Word (Writings) on an intellectual level and sometimes apply what I learned to life, usually during adversity.

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Gretchen Sandstrom, Bloomfield, Connecticut

Harald and I joined Logopraxis in February, 2016. I am just finishing two years in this program. I still feel like a newcomer. But I’m very happy to have found a new-to-me way of coming to my religion.

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Dianna Synnestvedt, Bryn Athyn, PA

My spiritual practice has grown deeper since I became part of the Logopraxis community. I love the guidance and support I get from my fellow practitioners, and the structure that the method gives. I find I have more peace in my life as I am able to see my proprium for what it is and try to apply principles in the Word to the life of my mind. One of the important things I have learned through practice is to be aware of levels of meaning when I am pondering a situation.

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Kirsten Schoenberger, Shelton, Connecticut

I was introduced to Logopraxis eight or so years ago. I heard that it was an approach to the building of a spiritual practice supported by a group of others engaged in the same work. We “met” via the exchange of emails. Today I am in an online group where we see and hear each other via the computer screen. Two people live in Australia and four in the USA. We meet every two weeks.

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Hal Rosner, Philadelphia, PA

I’ve been in the Logopraxis community for about five years. I heard Reverend David Millar of the Australian New Church College give a presentation at the Swedenborgian Colloquium in 2012, and his talk deeply resonated with me. In the months that followed, I was able to join a group organized by Gray Glenn. “LP” as it is often referenced by its followers, is my church. It is where I worship, commune with like-minded souls, and experience the Lord’s presence through a commitment to spiritual practice.

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Sarah Walker, Perth, Western Australia

I grew up in the New Church in Australia and was raised into the belief that the spiritual world was just as present and real as this world. There never was any question in my mind that it wasn’t. In my 20’s and early 30’s I lived in the UK and the USA. I experienced exactly what I’d felt at home. I was part of a New Church community in each of these places but I didn’t feel spiritually connected to them. I slowly became disillusioned and disheartened at the diminishing size of the church culture and population, and to what seemed to me to be the corresponding lack of connection with the Lord in my own life. I longed for that connection but had no idea how to start and eventually fell into a dormant state of waiting.

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Alanna Rose, Plainfield, NY

I heard about Logopraxis after writing an article for the Theta Alpha Journal questioning why there were no esoteric chapters of the New Church, or Swedenborgian theology. What I received in response was a letter from Gray Glenn stating roughly, ‘It does exist! It’s called Logopraxis.’ I began listening to David Millar’s sermons online and was really inspired by his ability to connect obscure pieces of the Old Testament with internal states I was experiencing—basically his ability to bring the Word to life inside of me. I joined a Logopraxis group online after being cautioned that it was unusual for someone under 50 to join and that it was often unpleasant. How could I resist?!?

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Gray Glenn, Kempton, PA

What difference do I perceive from doing Logopraxis? It has re-organized my thinking. I think differently than I used to, therefore, I respond differently to what life throws my way. Because of doing Logopraxis over a length of time, it has become easy to distinguish thoughts and affections from the Lord because the experience of them is now so separate from other thoughts and feelings. Because of this, I can’t take what is not from the Lord (just about everything) as seriously (for as long) as I used to. In turn, this opens the way to see more from what is the Lord.

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