Apr2024
Dwelling in God’s word: lifting the veil of silence
by members of the LCA’s Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Taskforce, Hidden Hurts Healing Hearts campaign
Have you ever heard stories of violence or abuse from your community or from within your family? These stories are often hidden and rarely talked about. People who have suffered abuse, violence or controlling behaviours are often silenced and ashamed.
Feb2024
Dwelling in God’s word: what does Jesus have to do with how we see ourselves?
by Emma Strelan
How we should think and feel about our physical appearance seems to be an everchanging concept.
Dec2023
Dwelling in God’s word: what is our mission?
by Kathy Matuschka
Just as Jesus lived in a certain place at a certain time among certain people, we also live, work and play in proximity to certain people.
Oct2023
Dwelling in God’s word: angels and demons
by Wilfred John Samuel
Many Christians in the postmodern context find it difficult to believe in the existence of angels and demons or evil spirits. But in most Asian countries there seems to be a preoccupation with the supernatural realm.
Aug2023
Dwelling in God’s word: mission-shaped prayer
by Jacob Traeger
One theologian has described mission as being caught up in the ‘heartbeat of God’. One of the most important ways in which we’re drawn into God’s heartbeat is prayer.
Jun2023
Dwelling in God’s word: lessons from the early church
by Matt Schubert
My home church, Rockingham Mandurah Lutheran in Perth, weathered a two-year pastoral vacancy in 2014–2015. If you’ve been part of a long vacancy, you won’t be surprised to hear it was a time of exhaustion, frustration and currents of disunity.