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Feature Stories

This collection of feature-length stories comes mainly from our LCA flagship magazine, ‘The Lutheran’, and from time to time also from the magazines of LCA International Mission, Finke River Mission, Australian Lutheran College, and other agencies.

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Feb2016

Healing power of the gospel

by Paul Kerber

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I’m often asked why the LCA has Reconciliation Ministry. The answer is both straightforward and complex. We are a church of the gospel – and the gospel is reconciliation! God has reconciled the world to himself through the death and resurrection of his son Jesus (Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12; Romans 5:8-11). Baptised into Jesus, we… Read more

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28
Jan2016

A message of hope

from the departments and agencies of the Lutheran Church of Australia At General Convention of Synod we experienced the joy of being one body in Christ: in our worship, our dialogue, our decision-making, and in the compassion and grace that we shared with each other.  We also saw sadness and pain. Through all the seasons… Read more

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27
Jan2016

How will they hear?

by LCA Communications

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Two young Australians are leaving their families and taking their baby – and the gospel – to West Asia. ‘You’ve got a new baby, and you’re doing what?’ It’s a question Mary and John have become somewhat used to as they prepare to head overseas to serve as volunteer cross-cultural workers – with baby James… Read more

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24
Jan2016

Learning service in new territory

by Delores Amos

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What an amazing, life-changing experience! During school holidays last year I had the pleasure of taking part in Tatachilla Lutheran College’s service-learning trip to some of the most remote communities in the Northern Territory. Nine senior-school students and five adults made the two-week trip to serve people at five communities, including Ampilatwatja, which is located… Read more

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24
Jan2016

The Godfather

by Tick Zweck

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When Ern Heyne died, an entire city mourned.  Riding the tram in suburban Adelaide one day, I noticed the woman next to me fidgeting in her handbag one minute, peering intently out of the window the next. I asked whether she was okay and she responded she was from the country, and had no idea… Read more

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20
Jan2016

Here we are, send us!

by Nathan Hedt

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I am a missionary. I heard God’s call and said, ‘Here I am, send me!’. And God said, ‘Okay then, I will send you to Pakenham’. Pakenham? A suburban satellite of Melbourne in the sprawling south-east of the city? That’s not a very exotic location for a missionary to be sent to, is it? We… Read more

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18
Jan2016

Warm, like the sun

by Michelle Filipovic

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I was visiting Yasmin*, an Iranian asylum seeker from a Muslim background, when she showed me around the family’s new rental home. ‘I felt like a light shining on me, Joy, like calm… warmth like the sun, PEACE’. After the tour we read from the English Farsi Easy Good News Bible the story of Jesus… Read more

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15
Jan2016

‘We have so much to learn’

by LCA Communications

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Members of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand have been re-energised in their approach to family ministry, thanks to a recent seminar with Grow Ministries’ team members in Wellington. It was the first time Grow had visited New Zealand. ‘We can continue to re-think and reflect on how we are cultivating caring relationships across all… Read more

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13
Jan2016

Buy less – and bless!

by LCA Communications

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When one of his members wanted to take a stand against the BUY! BUY! BUY! ethos of Christmas, Pastor Ben Hentschke from Ipswich Lutheran Parish in south-east Queensland suggested they raise money for clean water in Indonesia. ‘Everyone was on the same page in wanting to help others and buy less.’ He never imagined they’d… Read more

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09
Jan2016

What a sight, what a joy!

by LCA Communications

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Imagine seeing more than 1000 young people coming together to study for ministry. What a sight that would be. What a joy! This is a ministry in which you play a part. Every year the Basel Christian Church of Malaysia (BCCM) runs its Bahasa Malay ministry camp for indigenous young people (some of whom are… Read more

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