Feature Stories

by Paul Kraus

Paul Kraus believes he may be the only Australian Lutheran Holocaust survivor. He has cheated death time and time again, from the horrors of war and the ravages of illness – a fact Paul knows is due to God’s saving grace. This is his remarkable story.

by Reid Matthias

No-one is immune from the fear and the terror of war, but most people in Australia are insulated from the realities of it; the death and destruction and the torturous pain of loss has been left to other corners of the globe. But we still hear about the war – and the rumours of the faceless conflict.

by Lisa McIntosh

Meet the young people who are training to be future leaders within the Lutheran Church of Australia. They are the inaugural participants in the LCA’s new Grow Leadership program –… Read more

by Mike Steicke

It just jumped out and hit me. I was attending a conference for pastors and church workers in Melbourne in May 2016. LCA Church Planting Mentor and Mission Facilitator Dean… Read more

by Lisa McIntosh

This year your magazine, The Lutheran, celebrates 50 years of service to our church. Everyone who is blessed with five decades on this earth has changed dramatically since their birth… Read more

by Katy Kucks, Sarah Joy Fandrich, Bob Thiele, Greg Spann and Andrew Pfeiffer

We don’t hear the word ‘vocation’ much these days, but for a Christian it is an everyday concern. For us, our work is much more than a job. And that’s… Read more