Dec2014
Sydney hostage drama
by Bishop John Henderson
Martin Place in Sydney is about as close to the heart of modern Australia as you can get. It’s a short sloping mall in the centre of our largest city…. Read more
Dec2014
The travelling trowel
by Rachel Kuchel
I call it the travelling trowel. Its working life begins in Perth in 1903. It is 29 April and the day of the foundation-stone laying for the new St Johannes… Read more
Dec2014
Familiarity breeds … impatience?
Jesus told us to pray, ‘Lead us not into temptation’. But every year my parents did what we asked God not to do—they led us into temptation. And temptation was… Read more
Nov2014
We want to grow!
by Rev Dr Steen Olsen
Is your congregation on autopilot? Maybe it is time to pause and reflect on why your congregation does what it does. The fundamentals of what we do don’t change. It… Read more
Nov2014
War and peace
by Rev Dr Maurice Schild
Professor Hermann Sasse came to Australia in 1949 with the post-war migrant wave. Notwithstanding his call to lecture in Church History at Immanuel Seminary, he was still to some extent… Read more
Nov2014
Eyes focused, finger on the pulse
by Reid Matthias
As the sun set below the western horizon, darkness settled over the ocean like an ebony blanket. I stood on the balcony, grasping the railing and watching lightning bolts touch… Read more
Oct2014
A welcome peace!
by Rev Dr Steen Olsen
I met Anja* when she had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. It happened many years ago, when I was a Lutheran chaplain in a large city hospital. We saw… Read more
Sep2014
Let Jesus speak!
by Rev Dr Steen Olsen
You are relaxing with friends. Most of them are not Christian. They know you are involved in the Lutheran Church. One of them says, ‘I saw on the news that… Read more
Sep2014
A day to remember
by Rachel Kuchel
Picnic … a day of nerves and excitement. In the 1800s the annual school examination was monumental for students, teachers and congregations alike, for everyone was invited. In 1857, teacher… Read more
Sep2014
The Holy Grail … is a servant’s cup
by Reid Matthias
Sometimes it seems like every church is on an endless quest to figure it out—to find the formula to bring people into membership. I guess we’ve tried every possible recipe:… Read more