by Jacob Traeger

Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit (John 12:24).

by Brian Shek

Earlier this month, Chinese Lutheran pastors and ministry leaders from across Australia and New Zealand gathered in Brisbane for the 2026 Chinese Ministry Summit.

Lutheran Archives last week marked 100 years of gathering, preserving and sharing the records, statistics and stories of the congregations, departments, ministries and individuals of Lutheran churches in Australia and New Zealand.

by Jacob Traeger

Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume (John 12:3).

by Jacob Traeger

Christ Jesus emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness (Philippians 2:7).

by Maria Rudolph

This is the gate of the Lord through which the righteous may enter. I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation (Psalm 118:20,21).