Sep2020
Candles light a fire for ministry
by Helen Beringen
A box of cardboard candles falling from a church storage cupboard sparked Elisabeth Clarke’s unique ministry almost a decade ago. Since then she has been creating inviting and interesting spaces in church foyers, presenting a peaceful and welcoming entrance to bless all those who walk through.
Sep2020
God pays attention!
by Pastor Peter Bean
‘My God, pay attention and hear me. Open your eyes and see all the terrible things that have happened to us’ (Daniel 9:18a).
Sep2020
Shortcuts!
by Pastor Peter Bean
‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord (Isaiah 55:8).
Sep2020
Amazing mercy
by Pastor Peter Bean
‘Shouldn’t I show concern for the great city Nineveh, which has more than one hundred twenty thousand people who do not know right from wrong?’ (Jonah 4:11).
Sep2020
Time for a breather!
by Sal Huckel
‘I will exalt you, my God, the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever’ (Psalm 145:1).
Sep2020
Lutherans take part in blessing New Zealand
Christians from more than 90 churches from around New Zealand – including members of St Paul’s Lutheran Community Church at Upper Moutere in the north of the South Island – have come together online to sing a blessing over their nation.
Sep2020
Love actually … actually love
by Sal Huckel
‘Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth’ (1 John 3:18).
Sep2020
Check your plank
by Sal Huckel
‘Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?’ (Matthew 7:3).
Sep2020
Divine opportunity … or sinful temptation?
by Sal Huckel
‘The Lord delivered you into my hands today, but I would not lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed’ (1 Samuel 26:23).
Sep2020
Constitution review interim report released
The LCA/NZ has released an interim report detailing the vision, recommendations and principles for a new constitutional framework for the church, along with church member feedback on the current constitution.