07/06/2026
“Meanwhile, most people at church were so caught up in gossip, in wanting to be right, they forgot their empathy”
This quote is from Stan Walker’s autobiography, Impossible: My Story (co-written with Margie Thomson), was published on October 7, 2020. It details his journey from a childhood marked by extreme abuse and trauma to winning Australian Idol and finding redemption.
Sadly the church can so easily become a place that is the exact opposite of everything it is intended to be. Empathy is the incarnation and the way of God.
(Pic Pastor Garry interviewing Stan in 2019 at METRO Varsity Campus - Song from METRO’s 2026 album Flow. Track ‘Come Home’.)
METRO Church Gold Coast now meets at Robina High Performing Arts Centre Sundays 5pm