building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- If there was an award for losing things and/or getting lost, I am sure I would win it. You name it, I have lost it, but the things I have lost the most are my key, earrings, and my wallet. Luckily most of the time... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I have spent this past summer recovering from major surgery. I am thankful for the surgery and the new quality of life it brings but I have been struggling with the many limitations that come with the 12 weeks of recovery time and some that... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- . 14th of AugustIt would be six years.Six years after she crossed the river to the shore beyond.My Mom…… She was born in a very remote village to ordinary peasants.With no means to go to school she went to the woods to work.Until the pastor... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Day 3 of Corona: The last three days were in a feverish daze, getting up for restroom or getting something to drink, everything seems endlessly exhausting and only a brief intermezzo to dozing off again into lots of dreams. I remember my first round of... Continue Reading →
Given an opportunity to ask for a boon, most people would ask for good health. Health has different components and physical health is just one of those. Other health indices include mental health, emotional health, intellectual health, social health, economic health and spiritual health among others. Health is often regarded as a state of harmony... Continue Reading →
--- 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 →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- For the past few years, the Church of England's Morning Prayer (Daily Office) had been my companion at the start of the day. Of course there were weeks (and even months) of me falling out of the habit of praying these words. Also, the way... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- A few years ago, on a weekend away, we heard about Brother Lawrence. He was a 17th Century French lay monk. He started off working in the kitchen of the monastery. Even though his job was the lowly work of cooking the simple dishes for... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- --- An adventure told by two voices --- ...by wafer I don’t mean Raffaelo or stracciatella, though zuppa inglese would meet the case well, as I did get a bit in the soup, as we used to say in my English childhood 86 years’ ago.... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Do you feel sometimes already tired before the day even starts? Endless snoozing of the alarm clock in the hope that just another five minutes will make the difference, but didn’t? Before getting up thoughts already whirling through your head about all the things which... Continue Reading →
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