building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In the last fortnight at UWC Robert Bosch College, I’ve been teaching a unit on religion in ‘Theory of Knowledge’, a core course of the International Baccalaureate diploma program. The optional unit offers students the opportunity to explore intriguing questions such as what does religious... Continue Reading →
Why do we fast, but you do not see? Isaiah 58:2 Another Lenten Season is here. Most of us would love to celebrate Lent as a time of piety and spiritual renewal. We would decide to fast from addictions that we realize are affecting our lives. Some people would fast from social media, some from... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In the words of a hymn: I want to follow Jesus. So, I try to remind myself to ponder: What would Jesus do? Often this is not an easy question to answer with certainty. Current situations do not always parallel those into which Jesus was... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1,2 Love is the very nature of God. Walking in love is allowing godliness... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It was Sunday when a friend of mine—someone I deeply respect and love—asked me to go bouldering in Freiburg. Without thinking, I said yes. The problem? I knew absolutely nothing about bouldering. I was too shy to admit it, too embarrassed to ask questions. But... Continue Reading →
The Church, as the fragrant community of grace, is called to experience and share the aroma of Christ’s love, compassion, and redemption, drawing others into the beauty of God’s kingdom through its witness, worship, and service. 2 Corinthians 2:15 suggests that we are called to be a pleasing aroma of Christ wherever we are placed. It... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My parents got divorced when I was 17 years old. It was a painful phase for us, the five girls and for my parents too. There were no intercultural challenges involved. I am convinced that one of the main reasons why my parents got divorced... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My grandfather, who served on a battleship during WWI, once told me of his meeting with the only survivor from a cruiser that had been sunk during the Battle of Jutland, a stoker by the name of Hugo Zenne. I was thrilled. What was that... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 19th January 2025 Reading: The Wedding of Cana (John 2.1-11) I bet you think modern wedding planning is tough, right? Back then, in first century Palestine,when I served at weddings,feasts were more like festivals. When they said 'party till you drop,' they meant it! And then they would get upand party... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In a world of independence, self-sufficiency, strong going and no signs of weakness, it is hard to imagine myself as an adult being pictured holding the right hand of my father. You might find the picture cute of a mother holding her daughter’s hand or... Continue Reading →
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