building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It’s been a month now since the worst earthquake in centuries shook Southern Turkey and Northern Syria, killing women, children, and men, most of them in their sleep. Only hours later, rescue teams were already on their way. Among the first to arrive on the... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It was about thirty-five years ago that I went through the open gate of an old Italian farm house, hearing remote laughter just to enter one of the best times in my life. I was looking for a time of rest, time of renewal during... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The natural and man-made catastrophes in Turkey and Syria, New Zealand, as well as Ukraine of late cannot but provoke strong reactions. Our emotions and thoughts are many and many faceted. Triggered by images of devastation, they can be overwhelming. I have concerned myself with... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- There has always been something that puzzled me about the parable of the lost sheep: who was keeping the ninety-nine sheep safe whilst the shepherd was away looking for the one? That they must be being kept safe is clear, otherwise the parable would make... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- William Wilberforce, another of my heroes of the faith, fought against all odds for over twenty years in late 18th-century England to abolish slavery and died just three days after the bill finally passed in Parliament, ending slavery in the British Empire. I always was... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Like everyone else, our family is being sick, on and off, at the moment. Today I’m the one who is feeling rough. Yes, I’m aware that I’m in a very privileged situation of generally being fit and well, of not having to live with chronic... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- As many of you know, we moved my mother-in-law into a wonderful nursing home in November. Of course, we knew that, after living independently for so many years, she would have difficulties transitioning. But what we did not expect was her anger at the world,... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Most of you, I am sure have noticed that we as a family have not been able to attend church these last two- and a-bit months. My old company called and asked if I could go to Hamburg to do the Lion King Musical, as... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My mum decided to join a protestant church in Cucuta (the city where I was born in Colombia) many years ago… I also joined the church while I was living in Colombia. I was fascinated by the Brazilian pastor. His leadership abilities and skills were... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We have all have the experience of waiting and the feelings that come with it. What do you think of when you hear the word “waiting”? What memories come to you and are you like the most of us that hate waiting. Often Advent is... Continue Reading →
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