building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. Psalm 28:7 A shield, armor against evil. Pondering my topic for a meditation, I fell upon... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last time I wrote about PEACE / SHALOM / SALAM / FRIEDEN and my experiences from Israel. I found peace when I visited it, and it was in an unexpected way because I had known about the problems and wasn’t sure how safe it was.... Continue Reading →
Dear friends, The advent 2023 here at the ACF has the theme ‘Celebrating Generosity’. Have a look here at the website, or the flyers at church to see what we have planned. One of the things that is happening is us having our traditional Stewardship Sunday spread over the advent Sundays. We will explore how... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Journeying through a whole book of the bible in one go can be a very rewarding experience full of "aha moments". One could do this by curling up on your sofa with a hot tea and your bible on a wet afternoon or by listening... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Sometimes at home and particularly in my role as a mother, we discuss the meaning of the powerful verse from John (John 8:31-32): “The Truth will set us free”. I am aware that this statement is common in academic circles promoting the pedagogical freedom and... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The last few years we have witnessed a global pandemic. a major war breaking out between European nations, the rise of fascism, democracy being attacked and now a war between Israel and Hamas. In all of these atrocities people are screaming for their personal rights.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- 1. Uniqueness in God’s creation: We are God’s creation The concept of uniqueness in God's creation refers to the belief that each individual is created as a distinct and special being. According to various religious beliefs, including those found in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, God... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My great-grandfather, Beckers Wellem, occasionally parroted nationalist cant like “A true German does not like a Frog”, the English pejorative term here taking the place of the original ‘Franzen’ which readers with a more extensive knowledge of German culture will likely recognize as being traceable... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The outcry is horrendous, the pain unbearable, the brutality of hate horrific! Images of innocent young people celebrating the feast of tabernacles, families torn out of their sleep, children, babies, women, men, elderly mercilessly slaughtered by terrorists of Hamas under the fire-lit night sky of... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last week, I completed teaching a unit on mathematics as part of the course ‘Theory of Knowledge’ at UWC Robert Bosch College. It’s not an ‘area of knowledge’ that I particularly enjoy teaching, as I have limited background and competence in mathematics. During this year’s... Continue Reading →
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