“Dear Santa, I want a puppy…”

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Thank you, Lauren, for your meditation, “When God is (or seems) silent.” Prayer is something I, too, grapple with and I am intrigued by Pete Grieg’s book.  Despite my years, I am far from wise. I tend often to approach prayer as a small child... Continue Reading →

When God is (or seems) silent

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In recent months I’ve been pondering over the theme of unanswered prayer and how from a Christian perspective we are to approach this subject, as well as how to answer other people in our lives who are struggling with this question. For my last birthday,... Continue Reading →

The power of relationships

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Who thinks that we only need God?Who thinks that we only need other humans? Recently, I read the poem Prometheus by Goethe (German / English). For the first time, I read it as a teenager but have read it many times since then. Let me... Continue Reading →

Family Matters

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I spent the autumn holidays with my aunt, her husband, and my cute baby cousin. They live near Mannheim. All of my relatives live further away, some in Germany, some in England. But still, we are always in contact. Every 3 weeks we have a... Continue Reading →

Being an Intergenerational Church

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;    God’s greatness is unsearchable.One generation shall laud your works to another,    and shall declare your mighty acts. Psalm 145:3,4 One of the most beautiful aspects of being an intercultural and multi-national church is its inter-generational nature. When one generation lauds the mighty works of the Lord to another it... Continue Reading →

The Church: Reformed and Reforming

Homily - Sunday, the 27th October 2024 Reading: Mark 10:46-52 Have we ever thought that some changes would be good in our personal lives? Some changes are needed the way we live our family lives or that some changes would be good for us as a church? Today is Reformation Sunday. It is heartening to... Continue Reading →

Meditations of a Toe

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I am a toe.  Not just any toe, mind you, I’m a Big toe.  To be precise, I’m the big toe on the left foot of a young girl named Caroline. Life as a toe is not idyllic.  We bear most of the body’s weight,... Continue Reading →

One Day At A Time

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 One of the prayers that has always intrigued and encouraged me is a beautiful... Continue Reading →

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