building a community of grace
Do you experience a genuine sense of belonging within your church community, where your identity, voice, and presence are truly valued, or do you find yourself merely included as part of a well intentioned effort to appear diverse. This question invites a deeper reflection on the difference between belongingness and the more commonly used idea... Continue Reading →
Dear friends, As we journey once again through the Passion season, we are invited to walk alongside suffering, injustice, and sacrifice. Yet this journey does not happen in isolation from the world around us. We live in a time marked by war, violence, and the forced movement of countless people. Many are displaced, many are... Continue Reading →
“There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord.” 1 Corinthians 12:4-5 Our lives become meaningful when we truly celebrate the diversity in which we live. It makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal... Continue Reading →
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who walks with us through every wilderness and leads us faithfully toward resurrection life. As we enter the season of Lent once again, we find ourselves invited into a familiar rhythm of prayer, repentance, fasting, and... Continue Reading →
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. As we step into 2026, may we walk not with anxious hearts shaped by uncertainty, but with faithful lives anchored in God’s enduring presence and purpose. The words of the prophet Habakkuk offer us a deeply... Continue Reading →
We have entered once again into the sacred season of Advent—a time when the Church gathers to remember and celebrate the deep gifts of hope, joy, peace, love, and the wondrous birth of our Saviour. Yet this year, as we speak of hope, we do so in a world that feels weighed down by despondency;... Continue Reading →
A Pastoral Letter based on Deuteronomy 26:5–10 Dearly Beloved in Christ, At the heart of sensible and sensitive Christian living lies a spirit of remembrance and humility. During the harvest thanksgiving, the Israelites were commanded to make a confession before God: “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor.” (Deuteronomy 26:5). This was no mere ritual of history—it was... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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