--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On Ascension Day, I pause and remember that the ascension of Jesus Christ is not about absence, but about hope and purpose. Christ ascended into the presence of God, carrying our human life with Him. This reminds me that my life has dignity and meaning.... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We spend our early lives striving to become someone, only to realise later that the thing that mattered most was already there—unseen, unmeasured, and waiting to be received. A Tiktok trend in 2023 featured women asking the men in their lives how often they thought... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “The bruised reed He will not break,and smoking flaxHe will not quench.” Matthew 12:20 Years ago I read a book whose central idea I remember, but also the whole scene the author proposed: a kind of silent gallery, an exhibition of paintings, of biblical testimonies... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On October 26, 2025, a group of 19 Buddhist monks from Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, set out on a long-distance pilgrimage, a “Walk for Peace”,  to promote peace, compassion and non-violence.  After 109 days of encounters and 2,300 miles, they... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Just before entering Mainz Hauptbahnhof (that is Mayence for the old-timers), the train passes through a tunnel. Right before that tunnel, on the left, comes a smaller train station for local trains and S-Bahn and a view on to several somewhat unsightly sets of piles... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Underestimating the exclusive life changing power of grace "In the heat of the middle of the day, all the others have returned to their homes a long time ago with their water jars. It is now more than five years that I cannot walk with... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Gray hair is a crown of splendour, it is attained in the ways of righteousness Proverbs 16:31 Recently I had the privilege of celebrating another birthday. Every year I am reminded of the famous quote from Mark Twain - “Don’t regret growing older, it’s a... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “From the very beginning, the skies have displayed the glory of God. The skies over creation. The skies over the miracles of the Old Testament. The skies over the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus — these same skies are the ones we live and... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We've just had the carnival season, and Lent has now begun. I think these two periods show how different certain phases of our lives can be. During carnival season, you can do whatever you want. It sometimes even "forces" you, to break with everyday norms... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In many if not most cultures, names carry meanings. In many “western" societies, my impression is that names are mostly given not so much for the recognition and/or aspiration of their inherent meaning or spiritual association, but rather inspired by family and friendship associations or... Continue Reading →