building a community of grace
Homily - Sunday, the 31st March 2024 - Easter Day Reading: Matthew 28: 1-10 When I opened my door this morning, this is what I saw- a beautiful Easter gift from my neighbour- Markus and family. It had among others the Easter eggs and the Easter Bunny. I was reminded of one of my most... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday the 7th of April 2024 Reading: John 20:19-31 Have we spent time thinking about dealing With Our Doubts? Is doubting a part of our character? Is it wrong to have doubts? Albert Einstein once said- the greater the doubt, the greater the awakening. Paul Tillich once said- Doubt is not the opposite... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Our life is full of rituals reflecting believes or traditions (not to get up with the left foot, how we greet one another, be careful on certain days like Friday 13 in Germany). Rituals of dressing, greeting, behaving shape our daily routine and give us... Continue Reading →
After the exciting period of Lent and Easter we are now preparing for the Ascension and Pentecost celebrations. The reflections on the passion of Christ were ever more pertinent this time too because several people across the world could identify themselves with the passion narrative. People who are victims of authoritarian regimes, of religious fundamentalism,... Continue Reading →
Homily - Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024 Reading: Psalm 118:25 Imagine as we got out of the house today a friendly neighbour asked, Where are you going? And your response- The Church. Imagine there was a sequel- But Why? Why do I go to church? Each time when we come to worship, is there a... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- You may be familiar with the social experiment by the Washington Post which put a man with a violin playing Bach pieces for 45 minutes in a metro central station in Washington. During that time, around 2,000 people went through the station. Only six people... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My meditation is a combination of testimony and encouragement. The testimony is about some of my experiences throughout my life during Holy Week and an encouragement to make the most of Holy Week which starts on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter morning. Most of... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This week we have the privilege to share with you a guest post: a short story about a trip to Freiburg by Jamie Read, Congregational Pastor of St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks in South-East England. He shared this text in his church's newsletter and has given... Continue Reading →
We are the fragrance of Christ 2 Corinthians 2:15 People are made right with God by faith and by what they do because of their faith…. Faith that does no good is not a live faith.James 2:24,26. “A community of grace, welcoming, inviting, inclusive and caring, committed to ‘building each other up, binding each other’s... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 3rd March 2024, Third Sunday of Lent Reading: John 2: 13-25 We are on the third Sunday of Lent and we meditate today on the cleansing of the temple! This incident is narrated in all the four gospels. Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15-19, Luke 19:45-48 and John 2:13-25. I would want to... Continue Reading →
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