IS THE LORD WITH US — OR NOT?

1. They were moving through the desert —
they were hungry and sore —
and they started asking loudly, "What for?!"

Why are we here? Where are we going?
Don't like the scenery, don't like the plot.
Is the Lord with us,
Is the Lord with us,
Is the Lord with us, with us or not?

2. Some are hungry, some are greedy,
and there’s always a war.
So we keep on asking loudly, “What for?!” (chorus)

Is the Lord with us
when the house is burning to the ground?
Is the Lord with us when a child is dead?
Is the Lord with us
when we have so much it weighs us down,
while a countless number don't even have bread?

3. Though we know your love in Jesus,
in his dying and pain,
reassure us when the world seems insane. (chorus)

1999. The Old Testament reading for the 18th Sunday after Pentecost is Exodus 17:1-7. The last line sparked this song. (Written at the time of the East Timor occupation by Indonesia)

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.