building a community of grace
Welcome to the Anglican Church Freiburg! We’re thrilled to have you.We are a Church of England congregation in the Diocese in Europe, made up of people from 25 different nations from all over the world. Join us for worship on Sunday 11:30 am at the Petrus-Paulus Church (corner Merzhauser Str. / Lorettostr.).More information here. Find... Continue Reading →
Midweek Meditation: Aloka, The Peace Dog A stray dog from the streets of Kolkata encountered Buddhist monks on a peace pilgrimage across India in 2022. Despite being hit by a car and falling seriously ill, he kept returning to walk beside them. Linda finds in Aloka's story—whose name means "Enlightenment"—two beautiful truths on following our... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On October 26, 2025, a group of 19 Buddhist monks from Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, set out on a long-distance pilgrimage, a “Walk for Peace”, to promote peace, compassion and non-violence. After 109 days of encounters and 2,300 miles, they... Continue Reading →
Dear friends, As we journey once again through the Passion season, we are invited to walk alongside suffering, injustice, and sacrifice. Yet this journey does not happen in isolation from the world around us. We live in a time marked by war, violence, and the forced movement of countless people. Many are displaced, many are... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Just before entering Mainz Hauptbahnhof (that is Mayence for the old-timers), the train passes through a tunnel. Right before that tunnel, on the left, comes a smaller train station for local trains and S-Bahn and a view on to several somewhat unsightly sets of piles... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Underestimating the exclusive life changing power of grace "In the heat of the middle of the day, all the others have returned to their homes a long time ago with their water jars. It is now more than five years that I cannot walk with... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Gray hair is a crown of splendour, it is attained in the ways of righteousness Proverbs 16:31 Recently I had the privilege of celebrating another birthday. Every year I am reminded of the famous quote from Mark Twain - “Don’t regret growing older, it’s a... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Uncertainty is part of the human journey. Plans shift. Answers delay. The road ahead sometimesfades into fog. In these moments, faith becomes the little light that burns in our hearts. Consider the moments in your life when things eventually worked out in ways you could... Continue Reading →
“There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord.” 1 Corinthians 12:4-5 Our lives become meaningful when we truly celebrate the diversity in which we live. It makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “From the very beginning, the skies have displayed the glory of God. The skies over creation. The skies over the miracles of the Old Testament. The skies over the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus — these same skies are the ones we live and... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We've just had the carnival season, and Lent has now begun. I think these two periods show how different certain phases of our lives can be. During carnival season, you can do whatever you want. It sometimes even "forces" you, to break with everyday norms... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In many if not most cultures, names carry meanings. In many “western" societies, my impression is that names are mostly given not so much for the recognition and/or aspiration of their inherent meaning or spiritual association, but rather inspired by family and friendship associations or... Continue Reading →
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