Living Faithfully

Everyone passes through Gethsemane, my mother to me said. Those words stay in my heart. I knew that she had sweated blood; had times alone in agony…

I want to tell you a story about the very best parts of being connected to the body of Christ, and the limb that is the Lutheran Church of Australia.

I have signed an open letter from the Heads of Churches expressing solidarity with the Australian Jewish community in response to recent antisemitic attacks.

Fear shuts doors; it speaks too soon or cannot say; knows what it cannot; hardens hearts to truth and clenches fists to fight…

As we enter the season of Advent, we are invited to pause and reflect amidst the hustle and bustle of modern life.

For many of us, after a lifetime in the Scriptures and an eternity listening to sermons, it is tempting to think that we know what each passage is about.

You are my sure HOPE – the Rock on which you build Your church. I am glad of the HOPE you have placed in my heart…

Two ladies in their 90s who recently moved into residential aged care with Lutheran Services in Queensland are enjoying new experiences and connections – spiritual and social.

Unity is a gift. It has already been given to the church. We don’t need to come up with it. We don’t need strategic plans to attain it. Our unity is a gift given to us in Christ.

As the son of a preacher who is the son of a preacher, church was always a major factor in my life. But I never felt at home, or at peace.