building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Vulnerable??? -- It feels like an expression of weakness in times of armament, too high a risk in a world of arrows of criticism and superiority, no good choice when it is important to be untouchable, independent and strong. Why would I make myself vulnerable,... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the (date) Reading: Psalm 139 All of us appreciate master pieces of art. It could be in literature, painting, sculpture, music or what not. If I suddenly ask you to list a few master pieces that you have personally encountered which ones would that be. Now look at that list again. Does... Continue Reading →
On Being the Church Today Meaningful and relevant ways of being the church today is being discussed globally and one of the keys is to ensure that the fragrance of Christ is evident in the places you are in. The basic elements of being a church includes the worship, the fellowship, the witness, the seeking... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On our recent church Weekend Away in Alsace, Geoff and Marie-Louise Read shared with us some key insights on the topic of “joy”. They outlined 12 ideas about what joy encompasses and its role in our lives; they also reminded us that besides being created... Continue Reading →
Pentecost Sunday The truly multi cultural and multi lingual nature of ACF was celebrated at the Pentecost Sunday service where we used around 50 languages for the worship service. Readings were offered in about 25 languages and songs sung and love and peace shared in several other heart languages. The genuine Pentecost experience where each... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I’m not sure how many of you have seen Les Miserables, but it’s a story that I’ve been thinking about a good deal over the last week. There is one scene in particular that I have been coming back to: the one in which Cosette... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “Solitude, I’ll walk with thee […] And follow in thy steps to heaven.”[1]John Clare I’m planning my annual hike in the Scottish Highlands for mid-June. I hope to do a week’s hike alone, at the end of another full and frenetic academic year. When I... Continue Reading →
Over the Ascension (Himmelfahrt) weekend, thirty-two of us thoroughly enjoyed our annual weekend away in the mountains of Alsace!Geoff and Marie-Louise Read blessed us with their insights on the theme of joy and how we can practice more rejoicing in our lives. Other highlights included fantastic sunny weather, panoramic hikes, bonfire fellowship and wonderful music... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Caution: this meditation may cause dissent…. I am in the US. Pondering topics for my meditation, I considered the rebirth of spring and the beauty of God’s creation. The promise that comes every year and replenishes our souls with reassurance of God’s goodness. I considered... Continue Reading →
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. Psalms 143:5 As the Psalmist traverses a difficult phase in life one of the various ways solace is found is to look back and realise how wonderful the Lord has been in life through... Continue Reading →
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