building a community of grace
--- 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 →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This is a very exciting time of year for football fans. If your team is still competing for a cup or a trophy, each match is more important than the last. If, on the other hand, your team has no chance of winning anything, and... 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 --- Last Saturday, we witnessed the coronation of King Charles III, a historic event that stirred up mixed emotions among the British public, and indeed even here in Germany and over the world. Some cheered, some jeered, some didn't care at all. But regardless of our... Continue Reading →
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