There is probably no Christian to whom God has not given the uplifting experience of genuine Christian community at least once in his life. But in this world such experiences can be no more than a gracious extra beyond the daily bread of Christian community life. We have no claim upon such experiences, and we do not live with other Christians for the sake of acquiring them. It is not the experience of Christian brotherhood, but solid and certain faith in brotherhood that holds us together. That God has acted and wants to act upon us all, this we see in faith as God's greatest gift, this makes us glad and happy, but it also makes us ready to forego all such experiences when God at times does not grant them. We are bound together by faith, not by experience.

The memories of community life in ACCF, Melbourne will remain in our hearts. But I believe it is fitting, just as they have recently changed their name to Life Expedition, we too can look forward to our own expedition, bounded together by faith and not by experiences of the past. Though it always seem so tempting to do so. The recollection of our shared moments, the nostalgia remembering times of togetherness; all those could easily feed our distorted human desires to re-create a grace, by the way of the flesh. We long for "immediate" relationship with others, without realising that we could imprison our brethen by regulating, coercing and dominating him with our love. Christ stands between us all and have acted decisively for our freedom to be His. May we love freely seeing each one bearing His image and not in an attempt to fulfill our appetites.