building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- 'Thinking about Christmas'... A curious title for a Midweek Meditation at this time of year perhaps – or perhaps not. Christmas likely seems to you far away, in time and space. Chronological time certainly tells us that next Christmas is now almost as far away... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Across the world we now have driverless vehicles. Visibly there is no one in control but in reality, the entire maneuvering is designed and directed by a well set up control system guided of late artificial intelligence. People who travel in those vehicles trust their... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We are living in rational times and the more we perceive the presence of the reality in and around us, the better we feel being on a safe ground. Our statements and judgements should represent the truth, be evidence based; observed phenomena should be repeatable... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Recently I started reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible”. The more I read I realise why the Psalms were so important to Bonhoeffer and how much they supported him in his time in KZ Flosenbuerg till his execution 80 years ago.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We live so fast, so absorbed in routine, that sometimes we forget life is woven from small miracles: like turning on the tap and having water come out, showering with hot water, washing our hands, opening the refrigerator and finding food, sleeping in a bed... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We recently had our AGM. The impressive and comprehensive report (with 21 pages) from the ACF spiritual leader included a chapter on the challenges of an inter-cultural church such as ACF Freiburg: "differences in cultural practices may lead to misunderstandings or friction, as each group... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- One of my favourite poems is Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias” (1819): OzymandiasI met a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desart.[d] Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Tuesday night, recovering from a bad cold, trying to catch up with life, my mind still slow and occupied from the last days, but I am sitting in Castelldefels near Barcelona. It was a sunny day, modern travel just transferred me within a few hours... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- A reflection from Esther who has been serving people in Eastern Europe for 10 years. Currently she is in Krakow which is not too far from the border to Ukraine. Ever have those days where it feels like you got woken back up into the... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Recently we visited Greece and stayed in Corinth. I had originally planned to write about Paul; How much courage does it take to go to a new place, as Paul did, when he went to Corinth, to say things that people might not want to... Continue Reading →
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