--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the tax office, and He said to him. [...] And he rose and followed Him.” Matthew 9.9 And so it was that Matthew followed.  God called Abraham, to leave the land... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last summer, work took me to Liverpool for a week. Among the churches and cathedrals, pop culture and pubs, my most memorable discovery was a simple inscription on what I learned later is the oldest building in the city centre: “Let us see what love... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The outlook of our time places great importance on scientific truths. We tend to believe what has been proven or, at the very least, what has been supported by scientific research. In fact, when something happens for which there is no possible scientific explanation, rather... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I come from a Free Church-Evangelical background. In my religious life, a direct relationship with God and the divine has always been important to me – both during worship and beyond. I drew on an inner conviction, not expressed outwardly, of God’s ever-present presence, and... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In her recent sermon, Christine mentioned the burning bush catching Moses´ attention and drawing him near.  This caught my attention to read again the Bible passage in Exodus 3. It is truly a miraculous sign, energy production always consumes, fires leave ashes, yet the bush... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Shortly after the events of 9-11 twenty-five years ago, my family moved to a small village in Lower Saxony. One of our first contacts with the locals was at a VFD Open House event only a few days later. I was asked whether i could... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I lost my glove.  I lost my cat.  I lost my job.  I lost all hope. I lost my best friend.  There is nothing positive, nothing pretty, about this word.  It’s not something we wish for.  Loss signifies vacuum, emptiness.  A state that we do... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” Psalm 118:24  Last week my religion course at school went to the convent in Sießen, spent time with the sisters, learned about Saint Francis of Assisi and his... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Over the past week or two, the internet (or, to be precise, ‘my’ social media bubble) has blown up over one particular person: Erling Haaland! He is a Norwegian football player, who has, together with his national team, made headlines at the current men's football... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- During the period of the novitiate in Jesuit formation, every novice lives an experience of pilgrimage that emulates the journey of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder. The purpose of this experience is to place one’s trust in nothing and no one other than the good... Continue Reading →