Jamie Davies, Executive Director of Australian Lutheran World Service, says it has been a privilege to shepherd the organisation through some exciting changes for more than three years. She will be leaving ALWS early next year.
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Time to do a budget
Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labour on what does not satisfy? (Isaiah 55:2)
The church’s mission is to share God’s love
When speaking to the recent online General Pastors Conference, I described the church as the ‘beachhead’ of heaven on earth. If we pay close attention, we will hear the distant surf crashing on its beaches and see the glow of the rising sun on the far horizon heralding the new era of justice, peace.
Dwelling in God’s word: change – should we fear it?
What reaction do you have when you find yourself dealing with change? Of course, it depends on the nature and extent of such change, but I have experienced everything from excitement to dread, from anxiety to hope, from anticipation to fear.
135th anniversary of gospel in PNG
Last month marked 135 years since the gospel of Jesus Christ first landed on the Papua New Guinea mainland, introduced by Pastor Johannes Flierl at Simbang Finschhafen, Morobe Province, on 12 July 1886.
Fed by the Lord
Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there shall be none (Exodus 16:26).
