building a community of grace
Homily - Sunday, the 1st October 2023 Reading: Exodus 17:1-7 There are three realities of life all of us live with. The first is that life is a journey in bumpy terrain. There are ups and downs in this journey but the journey goes on. The second is that through these ups and downs our... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Featured image by Frank Licorice, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dr. Timothy Keller (another of my heroes of the faith) passed away on May 19th, 2023 and among his last words to his family he kept repeating that he couldn’t wait to see Jesus... Continue Reading →
Theme: The Wonder of God’s Creation Greetings and thanks for your participation in the Photography Contest 2023 of the Anglican Church Freiburg. The expert panel of judges looked at the following aspects while evaluating the photographs: How best it captures the marvel of God’s creation How creative and aesthetic is the use of photography technique... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 24th September 2023 Anglican Church Freiburg and St. Ursula’s Old Catholic Church Freiburg, Combined Service Reading: John 10:7-10 Jesus said to them,‘Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.All who came before me are thieves and bandits;but the sheep did not listen to them.I am the gate.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Thirty years ago, someone made a throw-away comment that has stuck with me ever since. This was, "an opportunity lost is a lifetime of regret". I hope I have only lived half a life-time, but regrets certainly have clung to me, as I suspect they... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, 17th September 2023 If there is one thing that we need to be constantly reminded, that is forgiveness. We read in Matthew 18:21, Peter came and said to Jesus, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 10th September 2023 Reading: Psalm 149:1-5 Friends, it is with a heart full of thanks and expectation we welcome the new academic year. May I wish all our children and youngsters who start the new year God’s choicest blessings. William Butler Yeats said “education is not filling of a pail but... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, 27th August 2023 Reading: Exodus 1:8-2:10 If I were in the same situation, how would I have responded? What are the challenges involved in such cases? We heard the context of the story. Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. He said to his people, “Look, the... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 3rd September 2023 Reading: Exodus 3 At the Wise One’s on Friday we had a very interesting reflection on Helen’s pilgrimage to the Holy Island and one question that was raised is why do we call that place holy? A place that is holy for one person, is it necessarily holy... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the Sunday 20th August 2023 Reading: Genesis 45: 1-14 What has been your best memory of forgiving or being forgiven? The Story of the Judge and the Moon There was an accused who kept hurling insults at the judge each time he was brought to court for trial. But the judge was... Continue Reading →
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