building a community of grace
--- 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 --- 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 →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Eighty years ago, on Sept. 23, 1944, British submarine H.M.S. Trenchant torpedoed and sank the German U-boat U 859 in the approaches to Penang. Among those killed that day was my father’s 20 year-old cousin Fritz. I remember hearing about this cousin from my childhood,... Continue Reading →
When I look back the journey of my life, I would not hesitate in saying that the greatest example that my parents gave me as I grew up was that they loved each other and loved God. This was best evident in the family prayers we had every morning and every evening in our home,... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In 1921, my father, still a toddler, emigrated with his parents and siblings to the US from Belfast. They never returned, never saw their families again. And, in the absence of email, Twitter, What’s App, indeed even telephones and, literate enough only to get... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I make –many times- strong comments… for example, I do believe that all current challenges in the world, have their main cause in the selfishness of us as human beings: … wars… corruption… pandemics…are often caused by leaders interested in power, to satisfy themselves. But... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- . 14th of AugustIt would be six years.Six years after she crossed the river to the shore beyond.My Mom…… She was born in a very remote village to ordinary peasants.With no means to go to school she went to the woods to work.Until the pastor... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Soccer football season is on again! Until May next year, when Bayern München will have garnered their umpteenth championship in a row, a lot of otherwise relatively sane people will turn into glassy-eyed, sports-hero-worshipping fans every weekend. I wonder if they will notice that their... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'Luke 10:27 Just recently, while traveling, this passage kept popping into my mind. I couldn’t seem to... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Sometimes it is possible for something to be both close and far away. Thanks to today’s technology we can see what’s happening all around the world in real time. I can see with my family daily via FaceTime (video chat). This can be bittersweet. Things... Continue Reading →
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