by Pastor Mark Gierus Click here to download your printable verse to carry with you today.   Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God (Luke 13:13). Read Luke 13:1–9 We live in a world that has so many double standards. Racism sometimes seems to go only one way, and yet all people are capable of racism. We have a world now that chases and seems almost obsessed with making changes to wording on documents and less about actually giving people dignity or valuing their worth as a human being. You see, our human hearts are quick to judge others based on ..read more

by Pastor Mark Gierus Click here to download your printable verse to carry with you today.   ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilise it’ (Luke 13:8). Read Luke 13:1–9 The practice of digging around a tree is common when it is not growing well and, in turn, not producing the fruit it was planted for. When the soil around the tree is disturbed, the roots are damaged in the digging, and then the tree has to grow new roots, which, in turn, strengthen the tree to bear fruit for the next season. Jesus tells a parable about a fig tree that ..read more

by Pastor Mark Gierus Click here to download your printable verse to carry with you today.   Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? (Luke 12:57) Read Luke 12:49–59 Do you remember a time when you were young when you might have secretly taken something from your mum or dad after being told not to? Or perhaps you have memories of childhood where you did something wrong, like cheating on a test or lying to someone about something you had done by denying your involvement? At the end of the day, we know what is right and wrong in life. Although we live in a world where many wrong th ..read more

You may notice some changes on the LCA website as we seek to make it more streamlined and user-friendly. As part of this process, the Commission on Worship’s webpage has been redesigned to help visitors and members find what they need as easily as possible. All resources previously linked to this LCA webpage are now on the Worship Planning Page website, including the Sunday-by-Sunday resources, Commission on Worship statements and biblical and theological resources. You can find these on the Worship Planning Page by going to Worship & Theology under Other Resources. Other changes to t ..read more

If your LCANZ parish has not yet submitted your General Synod delegate details and paid your delegate fee, please do so as soon as possible as these are now overdue. Having elected their delegate/s for the 2024–27 synodical period, parishes are required to return the appointment form to the Secretary of the Church (this was due 31 March 2024). If you have not yet submitted your details for adding to LAMP2, please complete the second page of the delegate appointment form. If your delegate is unable or unwilling to attend the General Synod in October, your parish will need to appoint an alternat ..read more

When the war began in Ukraine two years ago, people who were displaced from their homes by the conflict couldn’t walk away from danger, they had to run. But members of our Lutheran family and friends will be walking in Brisbane next month to support those children and families hurt by war through Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS). And it’s not too late to join them for a 3-kilometre or 12.5-kilometre walk along Brisbane River if you can be in the Queensland capital on Saturday 11 May or sign up to volunteer at the Walk My Way Ukraine event. Alternatively, you can sponsor a walker or don ..read more

by Pastor Mark Gierus Click here to download your printable verse to carry with you today.   Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom (Luke 12:32). Read Luke 12:32–48 A particular teacher would start each school term by giving every student in the class an A. Only when students were not working to the best of their ability or their attitude toward learning was not positive would their grades begin to change. The students would lose the grade they were given at the beginning of the term, and it would be moved downwards. This was a great syste ..read more

Pray for the new NSW–ACT District Bishop Pastor Richard Schwedes, new Assistant Bishop Pastor John Borchert and Emeritus Bishop Robert Bartholomaeus. The post Pray for the new NSW–ACT District appointments appeared first on Lutheran Church of Australia ..read more

by Pastor Mark Gierus Click here to download your printable verse to carry with you today.   Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well (Luke 12:25,31). Read Luke 12:13–31 Are you a member of the 4am club? Perhaps you haven’t heard of it. The club is for those members who regularly wake up around 4am and begin to – well, they say – think of things they need to sort out. In other words, they wake up not by choice but are woken by the worries of this world. What do people do, then, when they wake up during t ..read more

by Pastor Mark Gierus Click here to download your printable verse to carry with you today.   While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you’ (Luke 24:36). Read Luke 24:36b–48 When last did you touch someone with the love of Jesus? When last do you remember being touched by Jesus’ love through someone else? You might be at that place in your life where your daily walk has little meaning or love in it. You might have come to the point of crying out, ‘Are you real, Jesus?’. When Jesus appears to his disciples on the beach after h ..read more