Category: english

What are you doing Janneke? That is a question that I have to answer frequently. Is life out of your home country really harder than -just home-? (where ever that is) Here a little peek…

Lord, make me a tool of your peace.     Let me bring love where hatred grows. Let me bring forgiveness, where it was insult. Let me bring unity, where there is discord. Let me…

Hvala Lijepa, Djenot i Biljana, Nina i Slobodan,  Puno hrane, Puno obitelji, Zabavite se i puno opuštanja   Some things are so familiar: sitting on a plaid and eating food together. Other things are different: A…

Happy to announce a silent/ writing retreat 25-28 May. This time Fanny Bernitez hopes to be our guest and she will lead us in one of the writing workshops. We bring writers into a quiet, contemplative setting.…

Many of you asked me this question, so here is my answer: We came from four cardinal directions and traveled many miles, but after that, we enjoyed the local food, fellowship, and silence.   Four…

“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” – Flannery O’Connor An old box for boots. In an old box for boots do I keep them: my journals.…

“To dare is to lose your balance momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.” – Soren Kierkegaard The test run is over. The dots are on the i. I can tell you that now…

One of the nice things about hosting a retreat where we eat local food, is that I can go wild in shopping at markets. That is the place to get all the local food that…

Today is my birthday, and therefore, here’s my little gift for you: “One of the riskiest things you can do in this life is to hope.” Read more. (by Melody) Another story from Bor in…

Profound silence is not something we fall into casually. This may indeed happen, and a blessed happening it is, but normally we choose to set aside a time and place to enter spiritual quietness. (Those who never do this, or shrink from it, run a very grave risk of remaining half-fulfilled as humans.)

I am very excited to announce a small retreat in Hungary: – At the end of lent – Does this consist of only silence? No—we will have several hours of silence every day, but fellowship, local…

We skate over the round skating rink that is placed in the center of Osijek during the winter months. One little girl was standing on the sidelines, just like many others. Each time we came…