building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- My meditation is a combination of testimony and encouragement. The testimony is about some of my experiences throughout my life during Holy Week and an encouragement to make the most of Holy Week which starts on Palm Sunday and ends on Easter morning. Most of... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The shadow of the cross was looming large upon Jesus. He had already spoken to his disciples about the impending suffering, rejection, dying and the rising again. And as the hour was approaching Jesus went with his disciples to Gethsemane. He told them to watch... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Just made it again, the first song still a bit short of breath, thoughts still running wild, coming and going, all the open tasks competing for attention, and it feels like a train station with trains arriving, departing just so the next train can arrive... Continue Reading →
Time is ticking on. We are ready to celebrate yet another period of Lent, a time the church is setting apart to focus on watching and praying. Prayer is no doubt the sojourners greatest source of strength when they pass through unfamiliar and unexpected terrains, when they must travel through dark patches of life. It... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We are midway through Lent. Of the many images that flash on my mind when I think of Lent, one that stands out, is an experience in an orphanage in my home city. All the hundred children resident there asked for a self-denial piggy bank.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It was about thirty-five years ago that I went through the open gate of an old Italian farm house, hearing remote laughter just to enter one of the best times in my life. I was looking for a time of rest, time of renewal during... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Usually during lent I choose to fast something and, not just anything, but something that I really enjoy. Most of the time it has been coffee, but alcohol and cake have also been options. I, like so many other people, have fasted not to punish... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- --- Please Note: Since the first draft of this article, we have become aware that there are significant sensitivities around ‘Christian Seder Meals’. Pre-covid, holding a Passover Meal at church had been our practice for many years, not knowing, that this might be an issue... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- When my granddaughter comes round to our house she loves looking at our grandfather clock. She points to it, sways from side to side saying tick-tock, tick-tock, and then beams. There’s something comforting about the sound and her movement. She also loves reading a book... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We will sing a new song 'Cause death is dead and gone with the winter We will sing a new song Let "hallelujahs" flow like a river We're coming back to life Reaching towards the light Your love is like springtimeSpringtime by Chris Renzema Springtime... Continue Reading →
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