Aug2021
If only you had been here, Lord
by Pastor Mark Gierus
‘Lord,’ Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died’ (John 11:21).
Aug2021
God’s will
by Pastor Mark Gierus
For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day (John 6:40).
Aug2021
How can we respond with compassion?
by Craig Heidenreich
Recently International Refugee Week was recognised. Such occasions are a chance to reflect on our response to people in this predicament, says LCANZ Cross-Cultural Ministry Facilitator Craig Heidenreich.
Aug2021
‘A privilege’: Executive Director to leave ALWS in 2022
Jamie Davies, Executive Director of Australian Lutheran World Service, says it has been a privilege to shepherd the organisation through some exciting changes for more than three years. She will be leaving ALWS early next year.
Aug2021
Time to do a budget
by Pastor Mark Gierus
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labour on what does not satisfy? (Isaiah 55:2)
Aug2021
The church’s mission is to share God’s love
by Bishop John Henderson
When speaking to the recent online General Pastors Conference, I described the church as the ‘beachhead’ of heaven on earth. If we pay close attention, we will hear the distant surf crashing on its beaches and see the glow of the rising sun on the far horizon heralding the new era of justice, peace.

