building a community of grace
Homily - Sunday, the 22nd June 2025 Reading: Galatians 3:23-29 Introduction: An unlikely travel partner A couple of months ago I had a special fellow-traveller with me on my way to one of my study weekends in England. Let me show you who I’m talking about. This is Mr Trumpet. He was a gift to... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Recently I started reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s “Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible”. The more I read I realise why the Psalms were so important to Bonhoeffer and how much they supported him in his time in KZ Flosenbuerg till his execution 80 years ago.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We live so fast, so absorbed in routine, that sometimes we forget life is woven from small miracles: like turning on the tap and having water come out, showering with hot water, washing our hands, opening the refrigerator and finding food, sleeping in a bed... Continue Reading →
Over the Ascension Day weekend, around 40 people from our church community enjoyed a refreshing retreat at a beautiful self-catering center nestled in the mountains of Alsace. It was particularly special to welcome members from the Anglican Church in Basel, creating new friendships and strengthening existing bonds. Living Our Faith Monday to Saturday Margaret and... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We recently had our AGM. The impressive and comprehensive report (with 21 pages) from the ACF spiritual leader included a chapter on the challenges of an inter-cultural church such as ACF Freiburg: "differences in cultural practices may lead to misunderstandings or friction, as each group... Continue Reading →
We are all set to celebrate Pentecost and Trinity Sunday affirming the unity and multi-dimensional nature of our communities. With aggressive ‘othering’ becoming the identity marker of political maneuvering much more than ever before, it is important that we present a counterculture of resistance and inclusion as communities of faith and justice. The re-reading of... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- One of my favourite poems is Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias” (1819): OzymandiasI met a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desart.[d] Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Tuesday night, recovering from a bad cold, trying to catch up with life, my mind still slow and occupied from the last days, but I am sitting in Castelldefels near Barcelona. It was a sunny day, modern travel just transferred me within a few hours... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- A reflection from Esther who has been serving people in Eastern Europe for 10 years. Currently she is in Krakow which is not too far from the border to Ukraine. Ever have those days where it feels like you got woken back up into the... Continue Reading →
We are on the Eastertide and meditating on our experiences of the Risen Lord. One poignant experience that we draw strength from is that or Mary Magdalene. The Magdalene stood by the tomb grief struck. Jesus on whom she had put lot of hopes as the redeemer was brutally crucified, and all the trauma of... Continue Reading →
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