Aug2019
There’s always more to learn of God
by Rev Robert Bartholomaeus
When I finished my confirmation instruction, I can remember thinking to myself, ‘I must know everything there is to know about God now. What more could there possibly be to learn?’ Looking back I can see that I was quite deluded.
Jul2019
His love sets us free
by Rev John Henderson
What an amazing, generous God we have! While we humans anxiously wring our hands and get sore heads from worrying about who is right and who is wrong, who is in and who is out, what we should do and what we shouldn’t do, God just comes along and overturns it all.
Jun2019
Demo Post
70 years Out of the darkness of the war, The turmoil it created, God led his people to a land, Which all their hearts elated. From Europe we all came that time, Our faith us all uniting, The year was 1949, The Lutheran Church here was created. Our friends from the Mainland – A visiting… Read more
Jun2019
Refugee Week 2019
by John Henderson
Did you know that 17-23 June 2019 is Refugee Week all around the world?
The sheer numbers of internally displaced people, refugees, asylum seekers and ‘irregular migrants’ in the world today are overwhelming.
Jun2019
Thank God for democracy
by Rev John Henderson
By the time you read this column, Australians will have voted for a new federal parliament. Voting to decide who will represent us in parliament is our sacrosanct privilege.
May2019
National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 2019
by Bishop John Henderson
Australia will once again observe National Sorry Day (Sunday 26 May) and Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June).
May2019
Australian Federal Election
by Bishop John Henderson
Next week Australians are facing a federal election. Each of us who is 18 years old or over needs to choose our candidates or parties and vote accordingly.You already know that the church is not going to tell you for whom you should vote.
May2019
God can bless us through adversity
by Rev John Henderson
At 10.00am on Saturday 23 March 2019, the NSW District Pastors Conference met at Warrambui with the task of providing nominations for District Bishop, Assistant Bishop, and the pastor member of the District Church Council.
Apr2019
Anzac Day 2019
by Bishop John Henderson
‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil; for thou art with me;thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.’ (Psalm 23:4 KJV)
Dear Christian friends, ‘The valley of the shadow of death’ is a useful way of understanding what’s going on in our world this week.
Apr2019
Good Friday and Easter
by Bishop John Henderson
Dear Christian friends, On Tuesday morning, as the TV showed scenes of Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral collapsing in flames, I couldn’t help reflecting, as perhaps you did, that of all the weeks for this tragedy to occur, Holy Week is the most poignant.
