Aug2022
Being prepared for an unknown deadline
by Pastor Steve Liersch
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. He will dress himself to serve, make them recline at the table and wait on them (Luke 12:37).
Aug2022
Our hope is in God
by Pauline Simonsen
We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield (Psalm 33:20).
Aug2022
Leading God’s church
by Pauline Simonsen
Those who serve well … gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 3:13).
Aug2022
Desperately seeking …
by Pauline Simonsen
Do not keep seeking what you are to eat and what you are to drink … seek [God’s] kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well (Luke 12:29,31).
Aug2022
God’s justice
by Pauline Simonsen
The Lord of hosts is exalted by justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy by righteousness (Isaiah 5:16).
Aug2022
And then there were eight!
by Pastor Joel Pukallus
There were seven young people enrolled in the year-long confirmation class at St Mark’s Lutheran Church Dalby in Queensland’s Western Downs region when it began in mid-2021. But by the time they completed the course, there were eight people confirmed!
Aug2022
Gladness of heart
by Pauline Simonsen
Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless (Ecclesiastes 5:10).
Aug2022
Dwelling in God’s word: A study in the baptised life
by Pastor Timm Ebbs
The mother of a teenager in confirmation class asked to see me urgently. Her daughter wanted to talk with me. She was distraught. She courageously shared her struggle with sin. ‘
Aug2022
Because we bear your name August 2022
by Bishop Paul Smith
At a General Convention of Synod at Luther College in Melbourne, I found myself sitting beside Adrienne Jericho. Not only was Adrienne serving as our church’s Executive Director of Lutheran Education Australia at the time, but in 1978 he had also been my Scripture teacher when I was a student.
Aug2022
Opportunity knocks in the Gabba’s shadow
by Helen Brinkman
When the Brisbane Bears joined what was to become the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1987, who would have guessed the ripples of opportunity that flowed from its emergence as the first Queensland-based club?
