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Homily - Sunday, the 25th February 2024 - Second Sunday in Lent Reading: Mark 8:31-38 Sometimes life’s journey can become very tough. Through rough patches our prayer is not always- Lord take away the storms but instead it could be Give us the strength to sail through the storms. When the storm becomes even tougher... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The shadow of the cross was looming large upon Jesus. He had already spoken to his disciples about the impending suffering, rejection, dying and the rising again. And as the hour was approaching Jesus went with his disciples to Gethsemane. He told them to watch... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last week at UWC Robert Bosch College, I began teaching a unit on religion as part of the International Baccalaureate course ‘Theory of Knowledge’. It’s one theme of five that students can choose among. Many did in fact, wanting to explore the interesting relationship between... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Just made it again, the first song still a bit short of breath, thoughts still running wild, coming and going, all the open tasks competing for attention, and it feels like a train station with trains arriving, departing just so the next train can arrive... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 11th February 2024 Reading: Mark 9:2-9 Kankandathellam Poi, Ini Kanapokirathu than nijam Kelvipettathellam Poi, Ini Kelkapokirathu than nijam Therinthukondathellam Poi, Ini Theria pokirathu than nijam This Tamil saying can be interpreted as What you have seen with your eyes thus far is not the whole truth- you are yet to see... Continue Reading →
Time is ticking on. We are ready to celebrate yet another period of Lent, a time the church is setting apart to focus on watching and praying. Prayer is no doubt the sojourners greatest source of strength when they pass through unfamiliar and unexpected terrains, when they must travel through dark patches of life. It... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the (date) Reading: Mark 1:29-39 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. What is prayer? There was once a shepherd boy who used to watch people walk to church but was sad no one taught him... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- 35.000 in Frankfurt. 30.000 in Hamburg. 50.000 in Munich. 20.000 in Cologne. Christian Democrats alongside Greens, Leftists and Liberals, Social Democrats. All united by their professed adherence to democratic principles, and admonishing each other to mind the main chance of parliamentary democracy. There is something... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 28th January 2024 Reading: Mark 1:21-28 Many of us grew up singing the Sunday School Hymn I have the joy, joy, joy, joy Down in my heart Down in my heart to stay. What is Joy and What is happening to Joy in our Lives? The Weekend Away is one signature... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This week, I was thinking again about a segment between songs on a radio programme I listened to a few years ago. The programme was hosted by the English comedian Frank Skinner; he was commenting that, as a man in his mid-sixties, the pack of... Continue Reading →
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