building a community of grace
Homily - Easter Sunday, the 9th April 2023 Reading: Matthew 28:1-10 The meaningful journey through the Lent is giving way to the celebration of Easter. This time for our Lenten Studies on Dust and Glory we specifically focussed on the theme of “Failure” and asked the profound question- was cross the sign of failure. We... Continue Reading →
Homily - Maundy Thursday, 6th April 2023 Reading: John 13: 1-17, 31-35 The Shadow of the Cross that was evident at the annunciation, clearer at the manger, sharper at the shouts of Hosanna, inevitable after the cleansing of the Temple was at its peak. This supper was to be his last, before the experience of... Continue Reading →
See: John 12:12-19 We live in a world where all institutions including the Church is seeking new ways of being relevant. In the post digital-space age where artificial intelligence and robotics define and influence the collective subconscious thinking, it is important that the Church keep reminding itself of its role and significance to each generation.... Continue Reading →
All Age Meditation - Palm/Passion Sunday, the 2nd April 2023 On Palm Sunday Jesus journeys into Jerusalem. As he enters the gate of the city he starts a journey we now call Holy Week. It is no easy voyage. We too are invited to travel through these days ahead until we meet again here at... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My last meditation -before the end of last year- was about setting targets for the New Year (Read the meditation here). Today, three months later, I would like to reflect on a topic which is very close to my family and professional life: Setting priorities... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, March 26, 2023 Reading: John 11:1-45 We are at the latter end of Lent. On Passion Sunday we look more intently at the cross and ask a very important question- Who is this Jesus to me? The New Testament lesson read to us is the familiar story of the raising of Lazarus.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “Here is the Church and there is the steeple. Open the door and see all the people.” Many of us learned this fun little rhyme complete with hand motions as children. It was one of the first lessons we learned about what the church was.... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the March 19, 2023 Greetings dear friends As we are aware the fourth Sunday of Lent is celebrated as Mothering Sunday. Traditionally it was about the journey to your mother church from which you had moved for various reasons. In diaspora contexts it was called Nesting Sunday- since the churches were nests... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We are midway through Lent. Of the many images that flash on my mind when I think of Lent, one that stands out, is an experience in an orphanage in my home city. All the hundred children resident there asked for a self-denial piggy bank.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It’s been a month now since the worst earthquake in centuries shook Southern Turkey and Northern Syria, killing women, children, and men, most of them in their sleep. Only hours later, rescue teams were already on their way. Among the first to arrive on the... Continue Reading →
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