Lutherans for Life Lutherans for Life
Lutherans for Life
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Who we are
    • What we do
    • Why we do this
    • LFL Logo
    • Life News
    • Meet our team
  • Pre-Birth Issues
    • Miracle of life
    • Miscarriage and stillbirth
    • Abortion
    • Contraception and family planning
    • Infertility and fertility treatments
    • Genetic and prenatal screening
    • Stem cell research
  • Life Issues
    • Life, identity and purpose
    • Marriage
    • Singleness
    • Adoption
    • Sexualisation
    • Suffering
    • Self-harm
  • End of Life Issues
    • Dying well
    • Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
    • Terminal illness
    • Dementia
    • Palliative care
    • The funeral
  • Resources
    • Pregnancy support
    • Life News
    • Bible study and group discussion
    • LCA public statements
    • Worship and pastoral care
    • Articles
    • Media
  • Contact

ARTICLES AND NEWS

Fearfully and wonderfully made - Celebrating the beginnings of human life thumbnail

Fearfully and wonderfully made – Celebrating the beginnings of human life

  • Life Issues, Papers & Presentations
  • 3 August 2022

Read about the conference proceedings and watch videos of the presentations.

End of life matters – the funeral

  • End of Life
  • 22 March 2022

In this article, I’ll briefly respond to a number of questions about funerals. I’ll give my opinion as a relatively experienced pastor of the LCA (ordained in 1997), and I’ll also quote from the commentary on the funeral rite from the Church Rites of the Lutheran Church of Australia.

Building a Culture of Life: Steps the LCA and its members can take to help reduce the number of abortions in Australia

  • Abortion, Pre Birth
  • 14 September 2021

Most Australians are unaware that 70–80,000 abortions take place in our country each year. Here are 10 suggested ways we can help reduce this number in a meaningful way.

Pandemic raises concerns about links between vaccination and abortion

  • Abortion, Life Issues
  • 11 June 2021

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, people around the world have been hoping for a vaccine.

Chesterton and the tragic mystery of suicide

  • Life identity purpose, Life Issues
  • 7 June 2021

One of the sad surprises that confronted me as an undertaker’s assistant—working with the police at the start of the coronial process—was the frequency of suicide, especially male suicide.

A good death: statement on the provision of high-quality end-of-life care

  • End of Life, Euthanasia
  • 3 May 2021

Death is part of our existence. Dying well is an important part of what it means to flourish as individuals and communities. We maintain that so-called ‘voluntary assisted dying’ (assisted suicide) is not dying well.

South Australian Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020

  • Abortion, Pre Birth
  • 5 November 2020

A new bill has been introduced to the South Australian parliament under the name ‘Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 2020’. The LCA already has a fundamental conflict with the South Australian abortion laws as they stand. However, this new bill seeks to further liberalize the existing laws and so raises even greater concerns about our society’s attitude toward human life.

South Australian Abortion Law Reform Bill 2018

  • Abortion, Pre Birth
  • 22 February 2019

On 5 December 2018, the Greens introduced a radical abortion law reform bill into our South Australian parliament.

Commemoration of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  • Papers & Presentations
  • 7 August 2018

On this exact day ten years ago, towards evening, one of the most courageous Christians of the twentieth century died from heart failure on the outskirts of Moscow. His name was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

The most important decision you ever made

  • Life identity purpose, Papers & Presentations
  • 19 October 2017

LAUNCH OF LFL WEBSITE 18 October 2017 by Linda Macqueen In 1999 I read an advertisement for the job of editor of ...

‘Just google it’: remarks at the launch of LFL website

  • Life identity purpose, Papers & Presentations
  • 13 October 2017

We all rely on Google and the internet in general to find our information today. In our time we are not short on information, or knowledge, but we might be short on wisdom.

Life, Death and Hamlet: an interview with Gene Veith

  • End of Life, Euthanasia
  • 13 October 2017

Kimberley Pfeiffer discusses life, death and Hamlet with Dr Gene Veith during his recent tour to Australia. A timely discussion, given the current euthanasia debate in Australia.

What is mercy?

  • End of Life, Euthanasia
  • 5 October 2017

Mercy is a concept difficult to define, especially in the face of life-ending decisions. Inextricably linked are ideas about relief, respect and relationships.

A world without Down’s Syndrome?

  • Life identity purpose, Life Issues
  • 9 August 2017

Chelsea Pietsch reflects on a recent documentary made by British actress, comedian and mother of three, Sally Phillips.

Euthanasia update

  • End of Life, Euthanasia
  • 29 July 2017

Is this the year that euthanasia will become legalised in Australia? The pro-euthanasia campaign flags are flying and polls are showing that the public supports it. Kimberley Pfeiffer updates us on the status of the push to legalise euthanasia.

An evening with Rachel Carling-Jenkins

  • Abortion, Pre Birth
  • 6 June 2017

Meg Pearce writes about an evening she spent learning about Victorian abortion laws from Victorian MP Rachel Carling-Jenkins – and making a new friend.

Sarah’s story

  • Miracle of life, Pre Birth
  • 11 May 2017

Like many of my generation, I was struggling to find myself amidst some very conflicting messages.

Lutherans for Life eNews

Receive occasional updates, notifications and Life News from the committee of Lutherans for Life.

Lutherans Logo
Lutherans for Life
  • C/- 197 Archer Street, North Adelaide SA 5006
  • 08 8267 7300 | Email us
  • © Lutherans for Life
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer

Designed by LCA Communications