building a community of grace
Homily - Trinity Sunday, the 4th June 2023 Let us a close look at this picture. This comes from North Eastern Indian state of Manipur Tribal clashes led to the destruction of churches and people had to flee Posting this picture from Pentecost Sunday in Facebook the Pastoral Concerns Desk of my church wrote No... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Should we place hope in young people? Certainly not!, many learned ancients would have answered. ‘O tempora, o mores’, bemoaned the 1st century BC statesman Cicero his times and customs. He saw a dangerous decline of standards and morals in contemporary Rome in, among other... Continue Reading →
Homily - Pentecost Sunday, the 28th May 2023 Pentecost is about a God who speaks to each one of us in our own languages Daphne was to do the intercessions today. Since she had to be in the hospital she wrote to me- In my meditations this morning I thought about why God just didn’t... Continue Reading →
At the Weekend Away of our congregation during the Ascension holidays we deliberated on the theme- Our Church: Called to be the Good News. One of the images that we discussed at length to define the church was that of the rainbow. We looked at Genesis 9 on the story of the first rainbow and... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I’ve been thinking about the theme of grace lately. I especially like the phrase, “it’s all by grace”, because if not for God’s grace, where would we be? How would we face impossibly heart-breaking situations, how would we find the capacity to forgive others and... Continue Reading →
We had a wonderful Parish weekend away from May 18-21st at the Picturesque Retreat centre.The theme of this year's Weekend Away was “Our Church: Called to be Good News”We learned a lot from Julie and Leslie Nathaniel, who guided us through some important questions about our faith and mission: What does it mean to be... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This is a very exciting time of year for football fans. If your team is still competing for a cup or a trophy, each match is more important than the last. If, on the other hand, your team has no chance of winning anything, and... Continue Reading →
Life in itself is a journey, yet some journeys become very special. The Diocesan Pilgrimage I joined was to the seven churches of Asia Minor in present day Turkey, to whom John wrote the letters in Revelation. This would stand out as a remarkable memory for many more days to come. Led by Bishop Robert... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In 1921, my father, still a toddler, emigrated with his parents and siblings to the US from Belfast. They never returned, never saw their families again. And, in the absence of email, Twitter, What’s App, indeed even telephones and, literate enough only to get... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last Saturday, we witnessed the coronation of King Charles III, a historic event that stirred up mixed emotions among the British public, and indeed even here in Germany and over the world. Some cheered, some jeered, some didn't care at all. But regardless of our... Continue Reading →
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