Maybe you are also hiding under a blanket during these dark winter days too; my garden is no different. Every month of this year, I want to show you the changes. Even though it seems like nothing is happening now, the rotting and clearing process continues. Rest well little living elements!
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The Beauty of 2023 in 5 blogs
This year too, I have chosen to make a selection from the 5 blogs that stood out in the past year, pour yourself a nice cup of tea, settle into your easy chair and read along, if you like.
How to charge your battery
No, not your phone’s. I think that is clear. This is about recharging the battery of your very soul.
Mini Introduction Course HOLD ON., Part 5 (of 7)
This is already the sixth and nearly last time that you are receiving an email in your inbox about the playful, holistic Rule of Life.
These seven weeks, I’m taking you step by step in a mini introduction course HOLD ON., a holistic Rule of Life. This rule makes the hectic pace of everyday life manageable using elements from monasticism. I hope that you are enjoying it so far!
10 Healthy Habits
It’s not Friday anymore, you receive this online mini course a few days later, due to our visit to Austria for our daughter Marijke’s graduation. Nevertheless, here it is:
Create rhythm in all 7 life areas
When does your heart beat faster? Mine gets going if I’m being a hostess. Then I’m really in my element. The more people at the kitchen table, the happier I am. I wrote a blog earlier this week: The great gift of the guest.
Maybe you think: “Pfft. Guests! Serving others, strangers – is there enough in the house? Help! I’m tired just thinking of it.” That is possible. Because…
Socks from Serbia for a refugee from Syria
“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…
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!
How to speak in public?
“No! Don’t write it out” – your sermon, speech, or lecture. Just speak passionately. That’s all. That’s the core of the wonderful training I underwent recently. The pastor, preacher, and worker for Open Doors who…
Let’s enter Advent together with an Online Retreat.
You know that feeling from other years probably: Oh dear, we’re already half-way Advent and I m hardly aware of it. Therefor: You are warmly invited to an Online Retreat. Read more:
On the shoulders of our ancestors
On the day Queen Elizabeth is buried, we are awakened at about six in the morning by loud cackling. Unfortunately, I’m not awake enough to take action but turn around once more in bed before…
Each Garden bears the signature of its Gardener, what’s yours?
Each garden bears the signature of its gardener. Life-sized and public, it lies there on your street or on your land. Your garden says something about your personality, visible to any observant passer-by.The path through…
What are you guys up to these days?
We know that you work part-time for the Salvation Army…tell us more! This picture has a few important elements. You see us, hosts at Workspace Wageningen. You see two teapots that represent the hospitality we…