Category Archives: Pastors Messages

The Value of Pretending – Erik discusses a chapter in the book Married Love called Reasons in Marriage for Apparent Love, Friendship and Favour

Innocence at Christmas – Innocence is the fundamental spiritual quality that we need to develop, so embracing the spirit of Christmas, not just in December.

Here are the Christmas Readings 2023. The readings are entitled ‘Trust, Confidence and Strength in the Lord’. This year’s Christmas readings are gathered around the theme of trust, confidence, and strength in the Lord. This theme appears in the book of Psalms where we read, “Blessed are those whose strength is in You…. They go […]

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We set aside time in November to remember people who have died for our country (a tradition shared by many countries). It is an awesome thing to be willing to give one’s life for a higher good. Such a precious thing! To be able to live in civil peace, working and playing and praying in freedom.

It is amazing how much seemingly trivial things can upset us Another way of thinking about this is to ask ourselves what we would see differently, if we spent part of each day trying to determine where the Lord is in what we’re seeing.

We’ve got to get rid of our evils, right? “Out with the old man and in with the new.” The old self is unredeemable. “You must be born again.” There is truth in this perspective. Yet the teachings of the New Church invite us to see the process of human rebirth with greater precision.

If someone asked you what the most important belief was in the New Church, what would you say? Erik discusses this and the importance of knowing our God in this months story.

It is easy to feel discouraged about the state of the human race. All we need to do is listen to the news! Disturbing things happen that make us wonder where we are headed and whether there is any hope of us coming to a better ‘place’.

A Call for Compassionate Care – The Lord has compassion and mercy on all of us. What if we as a church could express that compassion more intentionally and evidently in our church community? What can you do to be part of that effort?

‘Strengthen our brethren’ is to nurture and support their love of God –
providing ‘space’ and safety in our presence to express their beliefs, to offer insights, to share their service.