building a community of grace
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 →
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 →
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