JESUS GIVE US PEACE

1. We pray for peace, but the war goes on,
the war goes on:
men and women are fighting on,
everyone of us fighting on

Jesus give us peace
in our hearts and lives.
From the cross you give
your peace to the world.
Jesus give us peace.

2. We make our vows and we break them too,
we break them too;
resolutions that just fall through,
everyone of them fallen through.

3.So touch our eyes so we see again,
we see again,
knowing everyone as a friend —
everybody is Your dear friend.

1986. All God's gifts are meant to be shared, to be like pebbles falling into still water, the ripples spreading wider and wider. Peace in the international community was a pre-occupation for many through much of the 1980's, in no small part due to the ongoing escalation of nuclear weapons in the USA and USSR. The end of the Cold War has shifted the focus, but there is obviously no less a need for peace at all levels - personal and interpersonal, national and international.

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.