Mar2022
What is my motive?
by Faye Schmidt
Was it really for me that you fasted? And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves? (Zechariah 7:5,6).
Mar2022
How should I pray?
by Faye Schmidt
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen (Matthew 6:6).
Mar2022
Water for the thirsty
The installation of a public drinking fountain in front of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Traralgon, Victoria, was proposed by the congregation as a community service and became a reality late last year.
Mar2022
Because we bear your name March 2022
by Bishop Paul Smith
When I became the pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church, North Adelaide, some of the parish folk told me the story of the recent time when the church building had been broken into. The thieves took the historic ‘mission field’ crucifix from the altar. Thankfully, it was returned.
Mar2022
Finding a gift in the wood
by Helen Brinkman
One of the first wood carvings Albert Noll ever created was a carved wooden message: ‘Blessed by the grace of God’.
Mar2022
Dwelling in God’s word: a study on racism
by Craig Heidenreich
‘Don’t call unclean, what God has declared is clean.’ This instruction to the apostle Peter in Acts 10:15 comes as part of his vision of heaven opening to release a large sheet filled with all kinds of animals.
Mar2022
Pray for flood victims
LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith and his Queensland District counterpart Pastor Mark Vainikka are calling on members of the church to pray for those impacted by the tragic unfolding flood crisis in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Mar2022
What am I looking at?
by Faye Schmidt
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).