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The Lord's Prayer: Part 3 - Our Daily Bread
Talk - 6 May, 2018
Here in Part 3 of our series reflecting on the Lord's Prayer, we think about how asking for our daily bread is much more than asking for the things that sustain our bodies. It is asking for the things that sustain our soul, both today and for eternity. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
The Lord's Prayer: Part 2 - Thy Will be Done
Talk - 29 Apr, 2018
In Part 2 of our series exploring the meaning of the Lord's Prayer, we think about how His will is that we might be part of His kingdom. Those in His kingdom enjoy happiness because they keep His commandments from a spirit of love to Him and toward their neighbors. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
The Lord's Prayer: Part 1 - A Prayer to Our Father
Talk - 22 Apr, 2018
In first part of our series reflecting on the Lord's Prayer, we think about how it opens with the words, "Our Father." There is an intimate connection here between a child and a loving parent. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Healing Death Itself - Jesus' Healing Miracles: Part 6 of 6
Talk - 15 Apr, 2018
In this final part of our series considering Jesus' Healing Miracles, we think about His healing or His overcoming of death itself. The backdrop is the story of the raising of Lazarus. Did the people mourning Lazarus' death and who saw him brought back into earthly life, know that being in the presence of Jesus meant that they were in the presence of Life itself? | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Healing Torment - Jesus' Healing Miracles: Part 5 of 6
Talk - 8 Apr, 2018
In this part of the series on 'Jesus' Healing Miracles', we consider the healing of the centurion's servant. We notice that it was the centurion's faith, not the sick man's that opened the door for his healing. The story is a sign of the Lord healing the natural from the spiritual, and of how we can help make the spiritual realm a place of ever more healing. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Easter Message - 2018
Talk - 30 Mar, 2018
This Easter message reflects on the Lord's incredible sacrifices throughout His life in the world, culminating in His physical death upon the cross and resurrection on the third day. He went, as He says in John 14, "to prepare a place for us." What might we be willing to sacrifice in order to be prepared to, one day, be received into His heavenly kingdom? | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Healing Physical Challenges - Jesus' Healing Miracles: Part 4 of 6
Talk - 18 Mar, 2018
Jesus' healing of the paralyzed man (Luke 5:17-26) is one example of how a person's faith opened the door for them to receive healing. Do we have faith, not so much in whether the Lord can heal us physically, but whether He can heal our spirit of the types of things that interfere with our ability to experience heaven? | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Healing Leprosy - Jesus' Healing Miracles Series: Part 3 of 6
Talk - 11 Mar, 2018
We are taught that Jesus' healing of people suffering from leprosy, is symbolic of his healing every person who comes to Him, acknowledging that they are falling short of living up to His standards as they understand them. New Church teachings say that leprosy symbolizes profanation. We profane whenever we mingle something holy with something unholy. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Healing Demon Possession - Jesus' Healing Miracles Series: Part 2 of 6
Talk - 4 Mar, 2018
Here in Part 2 of our series reflecting on Jesus Healing Miracles, we consider what the modern day spiritual equivalent is to being demon possessed like the boy in the story from Matthew and Mark. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Healing Blindness - Jesus' Healing Miracles Series: Part 1 of 6
Talk - 23 Feb, 2018
This message is Part 1 in a 6-Part series that looks at different types of healing miracles performed by Jesus while He was in the world. The focus here is on what is means, not to be without natural sight, but what it means to lack understanding of how we should live and how to overcome the problems that life presents to us. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
The Journey of Love - a message Honoring Caregivers
Talk - 9 Feb, 2018
This message considers both the challenging parts of being a caregiver, together with the wonderful opportunities that go with this wonderful and important way of being unselfish and useful. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Procrastination
Talk - 2 Feb, 2018
This talk looks at the normal human problem of procrastination. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Heaven and Hell Pt. 21 [Final] - The Reason We are Free
Worship Service: Sermon only - 28 Jan, 2018
In this final part of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell', we think about how, as hell acts to bring evil into human lives, the Lord gently reacts, guaranteeing us spiritual freedom and opening the door for our salvation. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Heaven and Hell Pt. 20 - The Truth About Who Goes to Hell
Worship Service: Sermon only - 14 Jan, 2018
Here in Part 20 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell', we consider how the creation of a hell that people can choose to go to, is a sign of the Lord's love for and mercy toward every person. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Heaven and Hell Pt. 19 - It Is Not Hard to Get Into Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - 7 Jan, 2018
Here in Part 19 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' by Emanuel Swedenborg, we think about how going to heaven is a function of taking advantage of the Lord's mercy toward all people and living a life of integrity according to His teachings, especially the Ten Commandments. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Possibilities Moving Forward
Worship Service: Sermon only - 31 Dec, 2017
The final portion of the Christmas story describes how Joseph, Mary and the young Child Jesus traveled from Bethlehem to the safety of Egypt. Later, when it was safe to return, they settled in Nazareth of Galilee. We consider how these moves, plus the moving and other traveling described in the Lord's Word, speak to us about the forward spiritual movement that we to be making throughout the course of our lives. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
The Lord of Joy Has Come
Worship Service: Sermon only - 25 Dec, 2017
This Christmas message thinks about how the Lord was born into the world to fight for us against the forces of evil that try to hurt us. It is because He continues to fight for us that we are able to experience positive emotions such as joy. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
The Journey of the Wise Men - Part 2 From Jerusalem to Bethlehem
Worship Service: Sermon only - 17 Dec, 2017
This week's message looks at the second part of the Journey of the Wise Men. We think about what it means spiritually to travel from Jerusalem to where the Lord could be found in Bethlehem. We think as well about the three gifts that the Wise Men presented. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
The Journey of the Wise Men - Part 1 From the East to Jerusalem
Worship Service: Sermon only - 10 Dec, 2017
This week's Christmas season message looks at the personal meaning and application for us of the first stage of the journey of the wise men. They saw the star and followed it. However, instead of being led by the star to the infant Lord in Bethlehem they were led to Jerusalem. Why did they go to the wrong place, and why might we sometimes need to go to the wrong place in order to then be redirected to where the Lord really is? | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Reflections on the Angel's Message to Joseph
Worship Service: Sermon only - 3 Dec, 2017
This week's message considers the announcement of the angel to Joseph in a dream. These words reassured him. They also point to the hugely important fact that Jesus, the Christ Child, was God the Father Himself, coming into the world. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Heaven and Hell Pt. 18 - The Three Steps on the Way to Heaven
Worship Service: Sermon only - 26 Nov, 2017
Here in Part 18 of our series following the book "heaven and Hell', we consider the three steps that a person needs to take once they have left this earthly life, before they are ready to enter heaven. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Heaven and Hell Pt. 17 - We Will Always Be What We Love the Most
Worship Service: Sermon only - 19 Nov, 2017
Here in Part 17 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' we reflect on the Lord's message that "we are what we love." The type of dominant love that drives our affections in this world will always remain with us. The Lord wants to work with us to ensure that that dominant love is outward looking, focusing on loving Him and loving our neighbors. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
In Honor of Our Veterans
Worship Service: Sermon only - 12 Nov, 2017
This worship message represents our annual service honoring all those who have so faithfully served. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Heaven and Hell Pt. 16 - Waking Up in the Next Life
Worship Service: Sermon only - 5 Nov, 2017
Here in Part 16 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell' we consider what it is like to wake up in the next life once our physical life has ended. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ
Heaven and Hell: Pt. 15 - The Place Called the World of Spirits
Worship Service: Sermon only - 29 Oct, 2017
Here in Part 15 of our series following the book 'Heaven and Hell', we reflect on the place that is midway between heaven and hell. It is called the World of Spirits.. We are told that everyone goes there immediately after they leave this world. There we further prepare for our eternal future. | By Rev. Garry B Walsh , Phoenix, AZ