building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Thirty years ago, someone made a throw-away comment that has stuck with me ever since. This was, "an opportunity lost is a lifetime of regret". I hope I have only lived half a life-time, but regrets certainly have clung to me, as I suspect they... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Several years ago, a friend was sick and hospitalized shortly before Christmas. Together with other friends we gathered our respective homemade cookies so that when her family arrived, she was able to present them with what she could not have baked herself. In thanking us,... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It was in the beginning of 2023 when I talked to Christine about my stay in Israel. She asked me to write about it, and after a long time I am now able to do. Writing about my stay means answering questions to: Why did... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Unfortunately, this will be my last midweek meditation. The girls and I have now relocated to Rottweil, and what a breath of fresh air this has been for us. The time flew by so quickly we didn’t get a chance to come and say goodbye... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In His Time, In His TimeHe makes all things beautiful in his time This chorus has always been a spiritual support in my lifeThe perfect timing of God is always a mystery and the better we fathom it the better we understand the miracles that are possible... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- When I was working at WHO in Geneva, I was always surprised about the high percentage of staff on sick leave mainly due to emotional distress... some were hospitalised in mental health facilities for some time... a sad reality. When exploring the potential reasons reported... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Might as well admit that I did not watch any of the most recent world soccer championship games. Nor any of the Olympics. Instead, my research team and I followed a lead from some middle school students that seemed to indicate that what I had... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This past Sunday’s bible verse was taken from 2. Corinthians chapter five verse 18: “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” The word reconciliation derives from the Latin conciliatio which can be translated... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Should we place hope in young people? Certainly not!, many learned ancients would have answered. ‘O tempora, o mores’, bemoaned the 1st century BC statesman Cicero his times and customs. He saw a dangerous decline of standards and morals in contemporary Rome in, among other... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I’ve been thinking about the theme of grace lately. I especially like the phrase, “it’s all by grace”, because if not for God’s grace, where would we be? How would we face impossibly heart-breaking situations, how would we find the capacity to forgive others and... Continue Reading →
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