building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Usually during lent I choose to fast something and, not just anything, but something that I really enjoy. Most of the time it has been coffee, but alcohol and cake have also been options. I, like so many other people, have fasted not to punish... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last week I finally called a dear friend whom I had wanted to contact for a long time. She is not well, I knew that. I hadn't heard from her in a while. My everyday life was so busy these weeks and I was so... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- ’s ist Krieg! ’s ist Krieg! O Gottes Engel wehre,Und rede Du darein!’s ist leider Krieg – und ich begehre,Nicht schuld daran zu sein!Matthias Claudius There is a war on – and dear Lord,I don’t want to be responsible.I don’t want to be held accountable.I... Continue Reading →
Dear Colleagues, The world is facing yet another unnecessary and unaffordable war. The far-reaching consequences of war is what human beings feign not to understand despite the tearful experiences of the past. Everyone knows all borders are arbitrary and if we start killing each other for the expansion of borders there would be nothing left... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Today’s Thoughts on a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (English translation of the poem here.) Der PantherSein Blick ist vom Vorübergehn der StäbeSo müd geworden, dass er nicht mehr hält.Ihm ist, als ob es tausend Stäbe gäbeUnd hinter tausend Stäben keine Welt.Der weiche Gang geschmeidig... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This week at UWC Robert Bosch College, I begin teaching a unit on religion as part of the course ‘Theory of Knowledge’. It’s a theme that students can sign up for if they wish. I certainly find the relationship between knowledge and religion fascinating. The... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- About 500 years before Christ was born, lived a philosopher named Heraclitus. A quote that has survived 2500 years is the following - “The only thing constant is change”. Like all of us today he recognised that there is very little in our lives that... Continue Reading →
Twelve Marks of a Child Friendly Church The health of a church can easily be gauged by the number of children who find themselves actively engaged in its life and ministry. An All-Age Church should always be sensitive to the children, lest the future present a bleak prognosis. We at ACF are blessed and privileged... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- "There are 29 references to the word dismay in the Old Testament, nearly all of them have to do with the instruction “do not be dismayed”. This is a word that we seldom use today but means to be intimidated, discouraged or thoroughly disheartened. I... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- For the past few years, the Church of England's Morning Prayer (Daily Office) had been my companion at the start of the day. Of course there were weeks (and even months) of me falling out of the habit of praying these words. Also, the way... Continue Reading →
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