building a community of grace
Homily - Sunday, the (date) Reading: James 1.17-27 When I started to prepare myself for today, my first reflection in a service ever, one of the first questions for me to answer was: what could be MY theme today? I looked at the readings for this Sunday, read them a several times, let them work... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I’m not much of a fan of self-help books and articles. But recently I was intrigued: my daily “Morning” feed from the New York Times had, as its first short article, “How to Like Yourself More”., (Melissa Kirsch, NYT, June 29, 2024). How odd for... Continue Reading →
The ripples of the International and Ecumenical Conference on Racial Justice that was hosted in Freiburg last November is still reverberating across the diocese and beyond and there has been a persistent call for a follow up conference to look further into specific recommendations from the event. Of the many meaningful proposals in the Freiburg... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- ‘Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?’ is an advertising slogan that will be immediately familiar to everyone of a certain age from the UK. The advert itself featured a sketched young couple sitting on a park bench talking to the... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday the 28th of July 2024 The Stories of the Leftovers from around the world Stories make People. Stories make Theology. At the young adult’s fellowship last night we had a very interesting conversation on the understanding of the left overs in our own contexts. We were looking at the gospel lesson of... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 21st July 2024 Reading: Mark 6:31 We have had several discussions about the commandments of Jesus. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul, Love your neighbor as yourself, Wash each other’s feet, Do unto others what you want them to do unto you… the list can... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On Saturday, June 29, there was a match in the European Football Championship. Germany played against Denmark. The game was interrupted in the 35th minute due to a thunderstorm. At first glance this seems bad, but at second glance you notice many good things: e.g.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Athira, one of the youngsters who came regularly to church came up to us recently with a not so common request. She was having her post graduate degree award function at the University of Freiburg and wanted us to be there with her, and for... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday, the 14th July 2024 Reading: 2 Samuel 6.1-5,12b-19 I was watching the swearing in of the new MPs in the United Kingdom and one question that was first asked to each was- do you wish to swear or affirm. Several of the Generation Z MP’s opted to affirm and had no place... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In our world today it is easy to fall into a guilt trip since so many voices fill our heads with thoughts of inadequacies. We are bombarded with advertisements in how we can change our lives for the better if we just buy their product... Continue Reading →
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