LCA bishop

by Bishop Paul Smith

Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev Dr Anne Burghardt and Regional Secretary for Asia Rev Dr Rospita Siahaan will visit Australia in September, including visits to LCANZ ministries and an open forum at Church House in Adelaide. LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith invites church members to attend the forum.

by Bishop Paul Smith

In a Father’s Day message, LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith reflects on the gift and calling of fatherhood, encouraging Christians to give thanks for their fathers, pray for them and commend those who have died to God’s mercy.

LCANZ Bishop Paul Smith has shared a message for the church after the death of Pope Francis, thanking God ‘for the witness and service’ of the cherished ‘pastoral Christian leader’ who died this week.

Our hands can be crushed into a fist, or our hands can be opened for a wave ‘hello’. Our hands can be used to violently strike, or they can be opened to gently cradle someone.

Most people want their church to look good! We want to apply the same rigorous routines we apply to our bodies and wardrobes to our church! We do this both to the building but also to congregations.

by Bishop Paul Smith

Did your parents ever warn you, ‘Don’t run in the dark!’? This is one of those ‘common sense’ things we learn in childhood for our own safety. If you run in the dark, you will fall over and hurt yourself.