Pausing for presence!

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- You may be familiar with the social experiment by the Washington Post which put a man with a violin playing Bach pieces for 45 minutes in a metro central station in Washington. During that time, around 2,000 people went through the station. Only six people... Continue Reading →

How can justice and love meet in times like this?

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The outcry is horrendous, the pain unbearable, the brutality of hate horrific! Images of innocent young people celebrating the feast of tabernacles, families torn out of their sleep, children, babies, women, men, elderly mercilessly slaughtered by terrorists of Hamas under the fire-lit night sky of... Continue Reading →

Agreeing to Disagree

Let us then pursue what makes for Peace and Mutual edification (Romans 14:19) One of the most exciting facts about human life is that each of us can think and that we can think differently, and form varied opinions. The challenge of corporate living is to ensure that we manage differences skilfully and allow them... Continue Reading →

As we lie awake in the dark

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- It’s one thing to be at peace when you reach that serene mountain plateau (or alm) as we did on more than one hike during a recent trip to the stunning Dolomites, however, a close family friend amazed me during a few encounters at my... Continue Reading →

Do not be dismayed!

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- "There are 29 references to the word dismay in the Old Testament, nearly all of them have to do with the instruction “do not be dismayed”.  This is a word that we seldom use today but means to be intimidated, discouraged or thoroughly disheartened. I... Continue Reading →

The Fruit of the Holy Spirit

--- Midweek Meditations: thoughts, inspiration and encouragement from ACF community members --- The fruit of the Holy Spirit are the 9 attributes of a person and a community who live in accord with the Holy Spirit. St. Paul lists these attributes in his letter to the Galatians: But the fruit of the Spirit is love,... Continue Reading →

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