How was the online retreat?
Be still and know that I am God. (That is an invitation). I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. (That is a statement) ps. 46: 10 “Online” and “Retreat” seem to be at opposite ends of a spectrum. and yet, the online retreat. was so lovely last night. 11…
You are warmly invited to an on-line retreat.
You’re warmly invited to join us for an on-line small Retreat. Small, because we are just with a handful of people and small because it is just a few hours. When: Thursday 19.00 14th January 2021 19.00- 21-30 (Continental European Time) 18.00-20.30 for the United Kingdom 13.00-15.30 for Toronto/ Canada Where: The World Wide Web…
A trip to the world of Corrie Ten Boom
Since we are not able to travel these weeks, I’ll take you along a trip to the world of Corrie ten Boom. In 1844 the grandfather of Corrie started a prayer group in the Barteljorisstraat. He had it in his heart to pray for the Jews. In 1944 the Gestapo came to the House…
The story of the old wall decorator
At the beginning of 2019, I bought an old wall decorator at the Antique market in Osijek. That Market! We wouldn’t miss out. Every first Saturday of the month, the square at the heart of the Old Town Tvrda in Osijek is filled with curiosity objects. During the hot summer months, we would arrive early…
Ten Bullet Points about how to do homeschooling and loving it (plus film clip from my kitchen)
“Hello!” from my kitchen to yours. What I am saying in this little clip is: Hello! Many asked us, how did you do that: Homeschooling? Now. It was hard! I threw a book through the room and lost my temper in the beginning. (luckily only once) But we got used to it. I came up…
C.S. Lewis’s Ideal Day and (y)ours?
These unusual weeks of working from home make you think: How did other people—before us—do it? I was thinking about C.S.Lewis as his book Surprised by Joy was laying around in our living room, and someone mentioned his description of his Ideal Day during a conversation at the table. In Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis…