by Christine Matthias

Many people have had to adjust to changes in work, home and church life due to COVID-19. But while many things have changed in 2020, Christine Matthias believes a focus on Christ’s birth and traditions built on enjoying simple things together, means Christmas won’t be all that different for her.

by Pastor Mark Gierus

‘The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people’ (Joel 3:16).

by Pastor Mark Gierus

‘The prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty’ (Numbers 24:16).

The Australian Lutheran College (ALC) Board of Directors is now a calling body of the LCA/NZ. The General Church Board (GCB) approved the change, which is purely procedural, after a request by the ALC Board earlier this year.

by Pastor Mark Gierus

‘Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand’ (Isaiah 64:8).

by Verena Johnson

‘Restore us, Lord God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved’ (Psalm 80:19).