--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This morning, during my daily prayer, the verse of the day was Philippians 4:6–7: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 We live in a world that values speed, immediate results, and quick answers. Yet Scripture repeatedly shows us that God often works most deeply during seasons of waiting. In... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Have you ever considered that there is no AD 0? This is more than just a fun fact. It shows how the Christian calendar challenges secular, biological, and most significantly, personal calendars. In this the first Midweek Meditation of 2026, I want to reflect on... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- As this year draws to a close, we find ourselves at a threshold—looking back on months now passing, and forward into a year not yet known. At such moments, Jesus’ parable of the fig tree speaks with particular tenderness. The owner comes seeking fruit and... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Each year we contemplate the Nativity scene: clean, orderly figures, illuminated by a warm light that conveys peace. And without realizing it, we have completely transformed the scandal of Jesus’ birth. We have made it romantic. We have decorated it. We have turned it into... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- November, with the appropriate mixture of rain, cold, grouch, and people in the streets wheezing and coughing. Also the month that starts with All Saints (Allerheiligen) and All Souls Day (Allerseelen), followed, at least in my home region in the Lower Rhine, by “Allerhubert” on... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It was one of my first gifts for my wife Lauren. I had drawn it after a picture of a small wooden sculpture of a child faithfully resting in a big hand. I wanted to share with Lauren this beautiful image of complete trust, no... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last year I received a few posts on social media of a guy named James Partridge, a music teacher. What started out as a family in-joke really took off for him during the COVID-19 lockdown. While teaching online, a friend suggested he try TikTok, and... Continue Reading →