building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. I Chronicles 16:34 It’s that time of year again when across the world we are reminded to be thankful. Throughout history harvest time has been a time cultures have said thank you... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It is a fact: Nobody likes criticism. No one likes to be judged. Working my whole life on: a) QI (Quality improvement) with a strong focus on monitoring and evaluation and, b) as health lecturer at the university, I have been implementing continuous evaluations. Either... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Eighty years ago, on Sept. 23, 1944, British submarine H.M.S. Trenchant torpedoed and sank the German U-boat U 859 in the approaches to Penang. Among those killed that day was my father’s 20 year-old cousin Fritz. I remember hearing about this cousin from my childhood,... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Soaring on wings like eagles So effortless, peaceful, steady, High above all the daily ground work, the labor, the sweat of trying to climb step by step. There is not even a flap of wings that carry the majestic bird higher and higher Circles written... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It can be hard to live with diversity – but it doesn’t have to be. As I was recently reminded in viewing a documentary, we ourselves make it so. The documentary is entitled “Human”, and I came across it the other day, when doing research... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I’m not much of a fan of self-help books and articles. But recently I was intrigued: my daily “Morning” feed from the New York Times had, as its first short article, “How to Like Yourself More”., (Melissa Kirsch, NYT, June 29, 2024). How odd for... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- ‘Do you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?’ is an advertising slogan that will be immediately familiar to everyone of a certain age from the UK. The advert itself featured a sketched young couple sitting on a park bench talking to the... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On Saturday, June 29, there was a match in the European Football Championship. Germany played against Denmark. The game was interrupted in the 35th minute due to a thunderstorm. At first glance this seems bad, but at second glance you notice many good things: e.g.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Athira, one of the youngsters who came regularly to church came up to us recently with a not so common request. She was having her post graduate degree award function at the University of Freiburg and wanted us to be there with her, and for... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In our world today it is easy to fall into a guilt trip since so many voices fill our heads with thoughts of inadequacies. We are bombarded with advertisements in how we can change our lives for the better if we just buy their product... Continue Reading →
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