11 October 2026

Daily Repentance

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Repentance is a straightforward spiritual practice: admit you did something wrong, stop doing it, and live a better life. Repentance happens on a grand scale when we have done something egregious or when we are battling a lifelong tendency. But repentance can also be something that we are working on in little ways every single day. That might sound daunting: repent every day?! But when we understand what it means we can embrace it as both a possibility and a blessing.

Previous Sermons

8 November 2026

Repenting from False Witness

The Ten Commandments forbid saying things that are not true; or do they? The 8th commandment is often summarized as "you shall not lie," but it actually reads, "you shall not bear false witness against your neighbour."

1 November 2026

From Thought to Action

Certain spiritual ideas seem particularly abstract: they are beliefs about life, rather than instructions to be followed. But the Teachings of the New Church say that even abstract religious ideas can be practically applied.

25 October 2026

Our Covenant With the Lord

This Sunday we will explore the idea of the Covenant, the special agreement between God and mankind.

18 October 2026

For What Should We Ask?

When we pray we are often asking for something. There is nothing wrong with this; in fact the Lord encourages us to do this. But we should give careful thought to what we ask for.

4 October 2026

The New Creation, Part 2 – Coming to Life

This week we unpack the second half of the series we began two weeks ago, focused on the seven days of creation. Last time we looked at how this story is not a literal explanation of how the universe was made; instead it is a spiritually symbolic description of how the Lord makes us into new people.

27 September 2026

Your Book of Life

This sermon will focus on the last judgment and what happens when our books of life are opened in the next life.  In preparation, I invite you to reflect on this question: “How does your “Book of Life” read?”

20 September 2026

The New Creation, Part 1: Laying the Groundwork

The Word opens with the story of the Lord creating the Earth in seven days. The New Church says that we should not take this story literally: it is not about the literal creation of the universe; it is about the spiritual creation, or recreation, of each individual person.