The Special Research Consortium on Heroism

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The Special Research Consortium on Heroism and the Heroic that I have been a part of for the past 10 years is closing its doors, having run its full course. For the past four years, my own project has been working hard finding ways to... Continue Reading →

Hope in Trying Times

Homily - Sunday, the 9th June 2024 Reading: Psalm 138 Every privilege comes with a responsibility. Every blessing comes with a natural commitment to pass it on. It is said not much life is possible in the dead sea not only because of its high salinity but also because fresh water seldom flows into the... Continue Reading →

We are all vulnerable

--- 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 →

Masterpiece of the Master craftsperson

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 →

Joy – enigma or mandate?

--- 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 →

Chaplain’s Update

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 →

The Voice Within

--- 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 →

Solitude, I’ll walk with thee…

--- 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 →

This was the Weekend Away 2024!

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 →

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