building a community of grace
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 →
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 →
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,and the flame shall not consume you. Isaiah 43:2,3 Do Not Fear As we... Continue Reading →
When we envisaged the Fragrance in Freiburg project early this year our primary focus was to transform ourselves as a community to be more outward looking and understanding the pathos and agony of the marginalized communities around us. The significant elements of fragrance we focused were the facts that fragrance is inviting, and fragrance is... Continue Reading →
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 →
My Chaplain letter to the congregation in Freiburg this time is a series of questions I ask myself and wart all of us to seriously ask ourselves. Here are those questions: How Long? How long can we continue living the way we are leaving today? How long can we continue to have wars? How long... Continue Reading →
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel! Matthew 23:24 The Gnat is the smallest of the unclean species mentioned in the law and the camel is the largest (Lev 11:4). Jesus is making it clear here that while being careful about the minute details of the law and the requirements... 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 →
For the church to be constantly relevant and relating to the people we should on the one hand be thankful to God for each person whose contributions in different ways makes the church such an exciting place as it is today and on the other hand we should always be humble to see what our... Continue Reading →
On Being the Church Today Meaningful and relevant ways of being the church today is being discussed globally and one of the keys is to ensure that the fragrance of Christ is evident in the places you are in. The basic elements of being a church includes the worship, the fellowship, the witness, the seeking... Continue Reading →
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