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…
Category: Our journey
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…
This is what we celebrate: +/- 45…. (therefore: 5 books for free)
This is what we were celebrating on 22-2-2021: Jelle: 45 years, plus 1 year plus 1 week and 1 day. Janneke: 45 years old, minus 1 year minus 1 week and 1 day. “What unwritten…
High water in the Low lands and a Winterwonderland
Our second lock-down here in the Netherlands was disrupted by a wonderful surprise. First of all, due to the melting snow upriver in Germany and Switzerland, the rivers rose 14 meters above sea level.…
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…
How was the on-line bookpresentation?
We have met so many lovely people over the years, and last Friday, twenty of them were visible on one single screen! We were honestly overwhelmed to see such clear evidence of how God has…
Dutch art (photoblog)
It is an art in itself to let beauty speak in as few words as possible. Here is an impression of a mother and daughter’s day. It was about time: Femke (15) paid a visit…