building a community of grace
Homily - Sunday, the 21st July 2024 Reading: Mark 6:31 We have had several discussions about the commandments of Jesus. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul, Love your neighbor as yourself, Wash each other’s feet, Do unto others what you want them to do unto you… the list can... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On Saturday, June 29, there was a match in the European Football Championship. Germany played against Denmark. The game was interrupted in the 35th minute due to a thunderstorm. At first glance this seems bad, but at second glance you notice many good things: e.g.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Athira, one of the youngsters who came regularly to church came up to us recently with a not so common request. She was having her post graduate degree award function at the University of Freiburg and wanted us to be there with her, and for... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 14th July 2024 Reading: 2 Samuel 6.1-5,12b-19 I was watching the swearing in of the new MPs in the United Kingdom and one question that was first asked to each was- do you wish to swear or affirm. Several of the Generation Z MP’s opted to affirm and had no place... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In our world today it is easy to fall into a guilt trip since so many voices fill our heads with thoughts of inadequacies. We are bombarded with advertisements in how we can change our lives for the better if we just buy their product... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 7th July 2024 Vinod kindly offered me the opportunity to speak at today’s Service, as a mark of my retirement as a school Head, and before Debbie and I head back to South Africa for 5 months. At best it is a homily, really it is an account of an aspect... Continue Reading →
For the church to be constantly relevant and relating to the people we should on the one hand be thankful to God for each person whose contributions in different ways makes the church such an exciting place as it is today and on the other hand we should always be humble to see what our... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 30th June 2024 Reading: Psalm 130 Reflections on Forgiveness It was poetry day at the nursery school and the parents were invited to listen to the poems of the kids The first one came: Jack and Jill went up the hillTo fetch a pale of waterThey searched and searchedBut all the... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My last meditation was called “Pausing for Presence” … you may remember that last year I took an unpaid leave from my job for nine months to recover – physically and mentally- and to have a rest from many demands and deadlines which had taken... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 16th of June 2024 Reading: Mark 4:30-32 He also said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it... Continue Reading →
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