building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- 1. Uniqueness in God’s creation: We are God’s creation The concept of uniqueness in God's creation refers to the belief that each individual is created as a distinct and special being. According to various religious beliefs, including those found in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, God... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 5th November 2023 Reading: Matthew 23:1-12 Introduction I have always been intrigued by the mythological story of Icarus and Daedalus. Icarus was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete. Theseus king of Athens who was imprisoned there by king Minos escaped from this labyrinth... Continue Reading →
How can a young person keep their way blameless? By guarding it according to the Word. Psalm 119:9 How can a young person guard his/her way according to the Word? By being rooted and grounded in the Word How can a young person be rooted and grounded in the Word Of the several possible answers... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 29th October 2023 When we hear of the word Reformation we always tend to point fingers at others and say- they need reformation and change. We opt ourselves out of the body of the church and often say “they need change” rather than we need a change. On this Reformation Sunday... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My great-grandfather, Beckers Wellem, occasionally parroted nationalist cant like “A true German does not like a Frog”, the English pejorative term here taking the place of the original ‘Franzen’ which readers with a more extensive knowledge of German culture will likely recognize as being traceable... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The outcry is horrendous, the pain unbearable, the brutality of hate horrific! Images of innocent young people celebrating the feast of tabernacles, families torn out of their sleep, children, babies, women, men, elderly mercilessly slaughtered by terrorists of Hamas under the fire-lit night sky of... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday the 15th October 2023 Reading: Exodus 32:1-14 Do you believe in God? This is an often-asked question today. It is interesting to note that more and more in many affluent countries in the world tend to affirm in the negative. And a very interesting question is Why is there a decline in... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 8th October 2023 Reading: Psalm 19 Long ago in the days when digital money was not in vogue a mother faced an issue. She would toil all day and earn her livelihood and bring the money home. Her husband who did not go to work would steal that money from wherever... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last week, I completed teaching a unit on mathematics as part of the course ‘Theory of Knowledge’ at UWC Robert Bosch College. It’s not an ‘area of knowledge’ that I particularly enjoy teaching, as I have limited background and competence in mathematics. During this year’s... Continue Reading →
Writing to the Colossians Paul affirms the nature of the new identity in Christ - You have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is... Continue Reading →
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