“Please, do take a picture,” I ask a passerby who has stopped for a chat, bicycle in hand, at the table on the road in front of our workspace in Wageningen. High in the mountains…
Category: Our journey
How to live a Holistic life in 2023 #Ruleoflife
Not sure if you had them—a few good intentions for 2023. It’s not even the third week of the new year, and maybe your good intentions have already expired. Research shows that behavioral change is…
Good Bye 2022! 5 most read posts
It’s always good to hear from you. Many newsletters, Christmas greetings and wishes for 2023 came to us. Thank you all, very much. Whatever you are facing, May The Lord Be With You.
Jelle and Janneke Huisman and children.
A Prayer Request
I am hiding in the mountains of Austria to write a workbook about a Rule of Life, and that’s why I need your prayer. A book is just way better if God is the Co-author. So, that is my desire. Please take me along in your prayers. Thank you very much!
“Restless is our heart, until it finds rest in You, oh Lord”
This is the floor in one of the buildings in the city of Osijek. I hope that this story gives you hope in dark days and peace that comes from the Lord alone.
Week 3: Do you know the Soloist? Small talk about Holy Ground
Holy Ground in Los Angeles The movie “The Soloist” is about a homeless man in Los Angeles. He has nothing but an old shopping cart filled with junk and an old violin. No day is…
Week 2: About the What, Why and How of a Rule of Life (100words/100dayChallenge)
This time I explain more about the What, Why, and How of a Rule of Life. WHAT is a Rule of Life? It is a trellis to train me so that I can organize my…
A snapshot: Workspace Wageningen is Open! (+2 Filmclips)
First, there is the fun of the preparations: flour from the mill nearby, homemade bread, sweet and savory little things to eat. This is what happened in the afternoon of 29 september: The…
“Let’s Fly Like The Eagles!” Upcoming Online Retreats, Welcome.
“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can…
A poem about belonging
One sister here wrote to the other a rondeau/ rondel A Rondel/rondeau is an eight-line song that was widely used and sung in the Middle Ages. Another example of a rondeau is In Flanders Fields…
The Story of Torrie
Laurens wrote and illustrated this story in his notebook around the days of our move from Osijek to the Netherlands. My first book was published in the autumn of 2020. Jelle and I published it…
6 suggestions for contemplative writing
Come now, insignificant man, fly for a moment from your affairs, escape for a little while from the tumult of your thoughts. Put aside now your weighty cares and leave your wearisome toils. Abandon yourself for…