Author Archives: ncbv

We are created to be a blessing and to receive blessings that bring deep peace and happiness. What can we do to start focussing more on aligning our lives in such a way that our lives will feel blessed? We … Continue reading →

Why are some people able to keep positive and find goodness all around them, when so many of us struggle to keep hopeful when bad things happen? This week we will examine the lens through which we see the world … Continue reading →

All the battles in the Bible picture things we fight against in ourselves in an attempt to make changes in our life. There are a lot of battles. King Saul is told to go and fight against the Amalekites, an … Continue reading →

It can seem like churches only deal with or talk about the big picture – will I be saved?/will I go to heaven? – rather than recognizing that God is involved in all the smallest details of our life and … Continue reading →

Wishing you a peaceful Sunday. May you find meaningful connection with the Lord this Sabbath day. From True Christianity 301, Emanuel Swedenborg: “Sabbath in the language of the original means rest… When the Lord came into the world that day … Continue reading →

In the Bible there is a story in which the Israelites were facing an enormous army of Philistines. Saul, the Israelite king, did nothing. However, his son Jonathan went and began to challenge some of the Philistines. Jonathan’s actions caused … Continue reading →

We are commanded to love our neighbor as ourselves. In fact it is one of the two great commandments. In other words, everything else we are taught in the Bible goes back to and connects to this commandment somehow. Well, … Continue reading →

Wishing you a peaceful Sunday. May you find meaningful connection with the Lord this Sabbath day. From True Christianity 301, Emanuel Swedenborg: “Sabbath in the language of the original means rest… When the Lord came into the world that day … Continue reading →

Everyone wants to be and feel free. We were created to be free and to have choice over the things we think, believe and do in our lives. Yet, sometimes the choices we make compromise our freedom or even take … Continue reading →

Many of us struggle with being able to forgive ourselves for our past mistakes or habits that we have been unable to set down and walk away from, or even from things that happened to us that weren’t our fault. … Continue reading →