STAY WITH ME, I'LL STAY WITH YOU

Stay with me, I'll stay with you every night and day with you. Stay with me, I'll stay with you every night and day with you.

1. My door was open and you came inside. My house was empty till you satisfied
with the gift you came to share:
life forever in your care.
Jesus, you're beside me everywhere.

2. We eat together, it's a special time. So much is given in the bread and wine: more than just a memory,
here you give yourself to me.
Risen Jesus, now my eyes can see.

3. You show me places where I need to go, lead me to people that I need to know. Lead me further on your way,
call me closer when I stray.
Stay beside me, let me hear you say:

1985. "Make your home in me as I make mine in you" (John 15:4) was the theme for the evening student service on May 5th, 1985. This song came about after I explored different translations of John 15:1-8, the gospel for the day. Many songs rise put of playing with an idea, and looking for different ways to express it, a way that feels fresh.

ALWS 5/10/23

To say I've been inactive on my website is a serious understatement! I've written nothing here since early 2021.

So, does this mean the world has stopped for us, that nothing is happening?
A major event for us in 2022 was moving house in October. We had been in Modbury Heights since July 1993.Now we're back in Klemzig.

In May we travelled to the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia, seeing work supported by Australian Lutheran World Service. Dorothy and I are Ambassadors for the ALWS programme, Lives You Touch. We are encouraging people to leave money in their will for the work of ALWS. We committed to leave a third of our will many years ago and hope many others can touch lives in this way.
Since then we have visited Box Hill & Loxton with Jonathan & Julie Krause as part of the Asante presentations, promoting the cause of ALWS. Still to come this year are Asante events in Toowoomba & Rochedale (Nov 26 & 27) and Perth (Dec 10)

Looking forward to seeing many people on these occasions.