Category: Contemplations

Recently, I heard the following from someone: When I asked how that person arrived at that wisdom, I was told that Gideon asked God the same thing. (Two specific signs with a fleece to… Lees meer.

Sometimes… I hear Christian songs… and then… Oh, you know what? I’m not very good at explaining some things, so let’s try to explain it with these three videos. Number 1: what are we… Lees meer.

Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather, it is telling the difference between right and almost right. A lie that is half the truth is the darkest… Lees meer.

We asked a few Catholic Poles how this “All Saints’ Day” works for them. What do they do, and (especially!) why do they do what they do? The answers were pretty complicated, and most… Lees meer.

Yesterday was ‘All Saints’ Day’ in Poland. In this context, I received a question from someone that went something like this: My mother passed away a few years ago. Could you pray for her… Lees meer.

There is a passage in the Bible that I have honestly never heard in a church. Somehow we avoid it, it seems? Let’s start with that bit: Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’… Lees meer.

In English, there is such a thing as a prayer that someone can pray to come to God. A prayer of conversion, so to speak. Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner.… Lees meer.

Let’s be honest, life is sometimes beautiful, but sometimes it can also be stormy. And sometimes there is a storm way too often… We don’t even know where to sail with our ship anymore.… Lees meer.

A question we sometimes get is why we didn’t remain in the Netherlands to serve as missionaries there. Great question! This week, a fellow missionary who is preparing to leave was asked the same… Lees meer.

A teacher once told me the following when talking about conversation techniques: The person who talks the most in a conversation will be the most satisfied with the conversation at the end of the… Lees meer.