building a community of grace
Homily - Sunday, the 14th September 2025 - Blessing for the New Academic Year Reading: Luke 15.8-10 Rooting for the Underdog Who doesn't like the thought of rooting for the underdog, right? I used to work at a restaurant in Austria where we as staff run our own little betting shop for the 2004 men's... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This past season has been one of the hardest of my life. My closest person (my father, or as I call him, my Baba yes with a B and not P) recently went through heart surgery. By God’s mercy, he came through it and is... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 25:1-10 “God is not ashamed of human lowliness but enters into it. God is near to lowliness; he loves the lost, the neglected, the unseemly, the excluded, the weak and broken.” These words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer reveals the very nature of God’s grace that is the source of greatest strength to the weak and... Continue Reading →
Dear Colleagues, September, with all its charm, has arrived. A new academic year unfolds before us, bringing both farewells and welcomes: we bid adieu to dear ones moving on to new chapters of life, even as we open our hearts to those who will be joining our community here in Freiburg. As summer gently yields to... Continue Reading →
For we are God’s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 To be God’s masterpiece is to be uniquely crafted with purpose and love—an intentional work of art, designed not for perfection, but for meaningful impact in His grand story. 'Unboxed' is... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Having a community of wonderful, diverse, and loving people is truly a blessing.To be there for one another, to love your neighbour as yourself, to uplift and encourage eachother as a church is a beautiful way of living indeed.As much as we excel in this... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- 'Thinking about Christmas'... A curious title for a Midweek Meditation at this time of year perhaps – or perhaps not. Christmas likely seems to you far away, in time and space. Chronological time certainly tells us that next Christmas is now almost as far away... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Across the world we now have driverless vehicles. Visibly there is no one in control but in reality, the entire maneuvering is designed and directed by a well set up control system guided of late artificial intelligence. People who travel in those vehicles trust their... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We are living in rational times and the more we perceive the presence of the reality in and around us, the better we feel being on a safe ground. Our statements and judgements should represent the truth, be evidence based; observed phenomena should be repeatable... Continue Reading →
We celebrated St. Peter and St. Paul’s Day on the 29th of June with a joint service with the Petrus Paulus, our host congregation. The service not only brought together two different traditions but also incorporated different ways of celebrating the Lord’s table. The day raised an important question- what is the significance of the... Continue Reading →
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