The little lamb at sunrise: Christ is risen indeed!
For this is the Passover feast. When Christ, the true Lamb of God, is slain whose blood consecrates the homes of all the faith full. Glory to you forever. Easter morning, April, 2020 The field was just a few hundred meters, but the little lamb heard us in the distance, started making his cute noises…
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…
No school, no problem. (so far, so good)
” The world’s a stage and all the men and women are merely players.” Shakespeare. It is strange to see in these times of pandemia: organizers start to organize, some people ignore, others freak out, writers start to write. Everybody plays his or her role. For us, it is strangely familiar to be home together…
Interview with Marijke; some insight in the world of a Mission Kid
How is it for a Mission Kid, to live in a family that is moving around? Just thought that you might like to read an article about Marijke in a Christian newspaper. It gives some real insight into how life can be for a Mission Kid. This is how we know our Marijke and we…
A rule of life or: How to find rhythm in a hectic world.
That Christmas vacation flew by. I slumbered through the bangs of fireworks celebrating old and new, and when we got up the next morning, we lived in a new year—a year that I am not yet ready for. I rub my eyes and feel that I am living somewhere in September of the year 2019.…
2019 in a nutshell and the best wishes for 2020!
If there is only one thing that we have learned in living in Croatia, it is the strength to accept the vulnerability and brokenness and embrace it. This is the opening sentence in the blog post about the Goodbye of our dear dog Vanda. We faced many more good-byes this year. The biggest change for…
5 Steps in Passionate Ancient Prayer
“Awake! Why are you sleeping, o Lord?” Phew! This is quite an approach to God, who is Holy and Triune, and more than we can think of or imagine! And yet it is the Word of God and the ancient Psalm 44. There is a whole mix of emotions in this psalm. This last…
Wanderings
Somewhere on the wall in the place that we call “home” this week are the famous words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Von guten Machten wunderbar geborgen erwarten wir getrost, was kommen mag, Gott ist bei uns am Abend und am Morgen, und gans gewiss an jeden neuen Tag. /Wonderfully sheltered by good powers, we confidently expect…
The end of the 100 day journey (plus filmclip)
Hey there, It is hard to believe, but the 100-day journey is already over. It felt definitely as a pilgrimage, and sometimes I felt living the Lord of the Rings with all its rockiness, but also with beautiful green fields and sights of a bigger picture. The 100-day journey is over, but when…
The tremendous gift of the early morningwalk
This time, I’ d love to take you along a silent morning walk along the dike and show you a bit of our area. We live in the eastern part of the Netherlands in the fruitfull river area, near Arnhem. Dikes are build along the riverside, to avoid the danger of flooding. Walking over the…