Oct2018
Taking it to the top
When St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Yandilla, closed its doors on 12 August, it provided an opportunity to help three congregations more than 2000 kilometres away.
Oct2018
ReforMission – Engaging with a Changing Culture (Part 1 of 4)
1517 was a remarkable year. It was a year in which Martin Luther began challenging the authority of the church to dictate the ‘how’ of Christian living. Luther’s nailing of… Read more
Oct2018
‘For everything there is a season’
It is a bit odd for me to be talking about Christmas when it is still almost two months away. As the shops become more frenzied with Christmas sales, I… Read more
Oct2018
Don’t tell people what they need to hear
What does it mean to be church? This is the question that Pastor David Schmidt, Mission and Ministry Director, asks himself on a daily basis as he works towards growing… Read more
Oct2018
The power of Christian music
Some attribute to St Augustine the saying ‘to sing is to pray twice.’ Whether he said this or not, most of us would agree that music and songs can express… Read more
Oct2018
‘Plural praying’ post-Synod
Have mercy on US! Grant US your peace! I had the privilege of being the first of the LCA/LCANZ bishops to preach for the morning devotions at our recent Convention… Read more
Oct2018
Bishop encourages delegates to step out in faith
‘Follow the voice of the Good Shepherd’, Bishop Paul Smith says as Queenslanders join other Lutherans from across Australia and New Zealand in Sydney this week. About 260 lay delegates… Read more