When LCA Bishop John Henderson planted a tree in Canberra last month, it was a simple, local act with global roots and international significance. The tree planting at St Mark’s… Read more
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Luther’s vision for all God’s people
Laypeople were critical partners for Martin Luther in the Reformation. Five centuries on, read about Luther’s league of ‘ordinary people’ who were extraordinary in the courage of their convictions.
A character test
He said to them, ‘Let us go off by ourselves to some place where we will be alone and you can rest a while’. So they started out in a… Read more
Guilty
John the Baptist kept telling Herod, ‘It isn’t right for you to marry your brother’s wife!’ So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she… Read more
Excess baggage?
He called the twelve disciples together and sent them out two by two. He gave them authority over the evil spirits and ordered them, ‘Don’t take anything with you on… Read more
Talking together bears good fruit
Five centuries after the Reformation, how do the Lutheran and Catholic churches get along today? What has been achieved by working together since inter-church dialogue between the two began in Australia in the mid–1970s?
