building a community of grace
At our ACF one-day art workshop Ich, Du, Wir – I, You, and We, we were invited on a journey of creation and connection. Each of us began with a simple lump of clay, asked to shape a living being with which we most identified. This first step revealed something profound: identity is the starting point... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Now that I am retired, I am often away traveling. To visit our son and his family in Cologne, to travel to the US, on holiday. Recently I was en route to the US for the wedding of a cousin (first wedding...at 74!). My trip... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “God is spirit, and those that worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24) Many years ago, I heard this verse chanted in a recording of an Ash Wednesday Evensong. Twelve years later, in 2006, I almost died in a taxi accident... Continue Reading →
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 →
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