Dec2021
We’ve helped send 14,000 kids to school
Our Lutheran family and friends in Australia have helped to send more than 14,000 refugee children to school through Australian Lutheran World Service’s Walk My Way in 2021.
Dec2021
Finding out where we belong
Celestine Rowe spent her childhood with a foster family and felt she was ‘missing a sense of belonging’. And that’s why the mum of four is thrilled that her children are growing up connected to their wider family in Central Australia.
Dec2021
Our Good Shepherd
by Georgie Schuster
He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young (Isaiah 40:11).
Dec2021
Rock eternal
by Georgie Schuster
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal (Isaiah 26:4).
Dec2021
Be prepared
by Georgie Schuster
As it is written in the book of Isaiah the prophet: ‘A voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him”’ (Luke 3:4).
Dec2021
Online graduation, valedictory service close year for ALC
Australian Lutheran College (ALC) Principal James Winderlich was among 98 graduates awarded for academic achievements by the University of Divinity last week. The online graduation, along with the ALC Valedictory Service held in November, rounded out the year for the college.
Dec2021
Your rider is on their way!
by Darren Pope
For you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins (Luke 1:76b,77).
Dec2021
Pad up!
by Darren Pope
Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed … So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light (Romans 13:11b,12b).
Dec2021
Ugh! That’s hopeless!
by Darren Pope
But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. ‘Where, Lord?’ they asked. He replied, ‘Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather’ (Luke 17:25,37).
Dec2021
Shady shelter
by Darren Pope
Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no-one will make them afraid, for the Lord Almighty has spoken (Micah 4:4).