Sharing Stories on the Ordination of Women in the LCANZ

Sharing Stories on the Ordination of Women in the LCANZ

This site is a meeting place for people to hear stories about women’s ordination in the Lutheran Church of Australia/New Zealand. 

A place for the sharing of individuals’ personal journeys and dreams. A place for stories of melancholy, reflection, and aspiration.

But most of all this site is a place of hope, as we look towards the Word being preached and the sacraments administered by any called member of our church, regardless of gender.  

mission:

To help bring about the ordination of women in the LCANZ by the sharing personal stories and meditations.

Recent stories

The Edge Of Belonging

The Edge Of Belonging

In silence groans caught up in prayer we plead for those we love not from the joyless stance of Judas returning to consciousness after betraying his deepest self but from an open-heart broken and gifted able to question and wonder hopeful in uncertainty free to...

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Be Opened

Be Opened

There is a lot of talk about our need for resilience these days. I don’t know about you, but it conjures up for me, images of having to try harder, be braver, and have more positive thoughts, the latter of which has always been difficult for me. I’m more likely to cry...

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Mission statement:

To help bring about the ordination of women in the LCANZ by the sharing of personal stories and meditations.

The Edge Of Belonging

In silence groans caught up in prayer we plead for those we love not from the joyless stance of Judas returning to consciousness after betraying his deepest self but from an open-heart broken and gifted able to question and wonder hopeful in uncertainty free to...

Most recent story

The Edge Of Belonging

In silence groans caught up in prayer we plead for those we love not from the joyless stance of Judas returning to consciousness after betraying his deepest self but from an open-heart broken and gifted able to question and wonder hopeful in uncertainty free to wrestle for crumbs for all under the table of mercy to receive love’s offering even here and now from the Giver of faith the One who...

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The Edge Of Belonging

The Edge Of Belonging

In silence groans caught up in prayer we plead for those we love not from the joyless stance of Judas returning to consciousness after betraying his deepest self but from an open-heart broken and gifted able to question and wonder hopeful in uncertainty free to...

“…but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

Romans 5:3-5

Resources & Connections

More Stories and Information:

Streams in the Desert Community website

Join the Streams in the Desert Community mailing list

Join the Support for Ordination of Women in the Lutheran Church of Australia Facebook group

Previous story

Be Opened

There is a lot of talk about our need for resilience these days. I don’t know about you, but it conjures up for me, images of having to try harder, be braver, and have more positive thoughts, the latter of which has always been difficult for me. I’m more likely to cry...

Be Opened

Be Opened

There is a lot of talk about our need for resilience these days. I don’t know about you, but it conjures up for me, images of having to try harder, be braver, and have more positive thoughts, the latter of which has always been difficult for me. I’m more likely to cry...

Be Opened

There is a lot of talk about our need for resilience these days. I don’t know about you, but it conjures up for me, images of having to try harder, be braver, and have more positive thoughts, the latter of which has always been difficult for me. I’m more likely to cry out to God with the psalmist, “To my words give ear, O Lord, give heed to my groaning, attend to the sound of my cries…” (Psalm...

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Is the ordination of women in the LCA/NZ an issue close to your heart?

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Is the ordination of women in the LCA/NZ an issue close to your heart?

Do you have a story you would like to share?

We would like to hear from you.

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Previous stories

It’s In The Book!

It’s In The Book!

The quick and easy way to end disputes. . .or maybe not. One of the great pleasures in life for some of us is a good game of Scrabble or – my favourite – Upwords.  A dear Aunty of mine and I are keen players, and the main house rule is about whether a word can be...

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If/Then

If/Then

Two little words can bring me to know I can't, despair towards a pride in all that I can do those little words so telling the if-then proposition of law disguised as grace for when I try so very hard I always fall up short another word is needed to reach into my heart...

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Praying Around The Clock 

Praying Around The Clock 

An invitation to join a 24 hour prayer room between Pastor’s Conference and Synod Often the New Testament urges us as Christians to ‘pray continually.’ But what does that really mean? The NT is often written in the plural but we read it in the singular. To pray...

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Previous stories

It’s In The Book!

It’s In The Book!

The quick and easy way to end disputes. . .or maybe not. One of the great pleasures in life for some of us is a good game of Scrabble or – my favourite – Upwords.  A dear Aunty of mine and I are keen players, and the main house rule is about whether a word can be...

read more
If/Then

If/Then

Two little words can bring me to know I can't, despair towards a pride in all that I can do those little words so telling the if-then proposition of law disguised as grace for when I try so very hard I always fall up short another word is needed to reach into my heart...

read more
Praying Around The Clock 

Praying Around The Clock 

An invitation to join a 24 hour prayer room between Pastor’s Conference and Synod Often the New Testament urges us as Christians to ‘pray continually.’ But what does that really mean? The NT is often written in the plural but we read it in the singular. To pray...

read more