Apr2016
Making peace the Bible’s way
by Dawn Humphrey
Our Redeemer congregation at Toowoomba, Queensland, had been through a challenging time of conflict. Some members were leaving or worshipping elsewhere, we had dropping attendance numbers – and feelings about each other that didn’t glorify God. ‘People’s hearts change as they engage with God’s word.’ A chance meeting in 2015 between our recently installed pastor,… Read more
Apr2016
Why we look after this land
by Robert Borgas
All aspects of traditional Aboriginal people’s lives revolve around the Dreaming (tjukurrpa in Pitjantjatjara language). The Dreaming provides laws and ceremonies about how to look after the land and each other, and about art and culture, food and hunting. Initially the Dreaming referred to the time long ago when the ancestor spirits came up from… Read more
Apr2016
Take me, I’ll go
by Robyn Kuchel
The groundwork was laid for my life when I was young. My father was a pastor, and Mum was always busy, but when Dad accepted a call she just got up and went. So when I married a pastor, my late husband Brian, we too just got up and went. Each time we moved, we… Read more
Apr2016
Everyone can show care
by Sonya Braybon
‘Nurna pmara nurnakanha ntarntarama’. (‘We care for our home country’. – Western Arrarnta language) I am a member of the Tjuwanpa Women’s Rangers, based in the Hermannsburg area of the Northern Territory. We do water monitoring to see if it is healthy to drink and to swim in. This happens every month.We do prescribed burning… Read more
Apr2016
Bringing hope to the kids
by Lorendana Saracini
Kids Hope Aus connects primary schools with local churches to invest in the development and transformation of children through one-on-one mentoring. All across Australia young children are experiencing life and family situations that cause stresses and challenges. Many children need extra support and assistance to get a good start in school and life due to… Read more
Apr2016
Planting a better future
by Paul Schlüter
Lutheran Landcare is a small group of dedicated individuals in Tasmania who plant trees in autumn, water and weed in summer, and propagate in spring. This year we’ll plant another 100 trees and probably care for another 100 we planted last year. It’s time-consuming and slow, but it’s rewarding. If everyone planted one sizable tree… Read more
Mar2016
Love comes to life
by Joshua Pfeiffer
Where love comes to life has been the LCA’s tagline and theme song for the past few years. These words encourage us and focus us on the unity we have in Christ. It is both a beautiful song and a great phrase. The womb is the place in which God knits new life together and… Read more
Mar2016
Miracle brings life
by Roger Ashcroft
God’s many wonders assured his people of his presence in the Old Testament and Jesus’ life-changing miracles are well-documented in the New Testament. We read, too, of the signs worked through the apostles of the early church. There are testimonies from around the world that miracles still happen in Jesus’ name – but do we… Read more
Mar2016
One in God’s eyes
by Coralie Mattner
I saw . . . space, distance, time, patience, desire and outreach. travel, red dust, corrugated roads and vehicles pushed to the limit. huts, shacks, tin sheds, dogs, houses, more dogs, small communities, larger communities, homes, cars and four-wheel drives. people gathering together; purposefully coming – for ‘church’, children, dogs – all the same, but… Read more
Mar2016
Hope among the ashes
by LCA Communications
In the aftermath of tragedy, God’s plan to bring regeneration and new life is not always clear. As much as the world tells us we should ‘move on’, there are some losses we never get over. However, a strong sense of community spirit, along with the generosity and prayers of those near and far afield,… Read more
