INTO YOUR DEATH

Into your death we go
into your life we grow
Feed us with your body and blood
so we grow to be like Jesus, be like you

1. I know the night is dark
I know the way is long
Fill us with your Spirit of light
so we keep on shining, Jesus, shining in you

2. You know that we are small
you know that we are weak
Fill us with your Spirit of hope
so we keep on hoping, Jesus, hoping in you

3. So many live in pain;
others are trapped by fear.
Fill us with your Spirit of love
so we keep on loving, Jesus, loving in you


1985. The paradox of Christianity again: we get life by going into death, following Jesus. Over and over we try to sweeten the message, make it more palatable, don't talk about death or blood. But this is the only way. The opening melody of the chorus is pinched, almost intentionally, from the great Cold Chisel song "Saturday Night". (and so I like to do it at a similar speed to that song, relaxed. But many like to do it faster — that works OK too)


 

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.