JUST LIKE JESUS

1. Just like Jesus to be in stuff like this. The situations we avoid
he never seemed to miss:
he touched a leper's wounded skin, he held a dead girl's hand.
While many cursed the darkness he lit candles through the land. Just like Jesus, just like Jesus.

2. Just like Jesus to be in such a scene, no majesty or glory,
it's just dirty, just unclean — like being born in Bethlehem, or raised in Nazareth,
and like a common criminal to die this awful death.
Just like Jesus, just like Jesus.

3. Just like Jesus, the Christians ought to know, wherever there's some trouble
that's where Jesus has to go:
to make the peace, to heal the sick,
to help the blind to see;
and so the poor can hear good news and prisoners can be free.
Just like Jesus, just like Jesus.

4. Just like Jesus to suffer this disgrace; allowing a photographer
to hang him up in space.
It isn't any different than the picture long ago: degraded and dehumanised,
"Presenting: God on show!" Just like Jesus, just like Jesus.

ALWS 29/5/24

In May 2023 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.

Last year we visited churches in SA, Vic, Qld and WA with Jonathan & Julie Krause promoting the cause of ALWS.

Coming up soon:

* Nuriootpa (St Petri) Saturday June 22, 4 pm

To be confirmed:
Bordertown July 28,
Everton Park (Qld) August 17,
Canberra August 24 

Looking forward to seeing you at one of these events