Heads … or tails?
"Eating soup with a fork is just like kissing," said Corrie ten Boom one day over lunch . Surprised by this spontaneous remark from an old spinster, Romkje looked up from her bowl of soup. She saw the twinkle in…
"Eating soup with a fork is just like kissing," said Corrie ten Boom one day over lunch . Surprised by this spontaneous remark from an old spinster, Romkje looked up from her bowl of soup. She saw the twinkle in…
After the busy-ness of HOPE.21 and my recent visit to the Caucasus, Romkje and I have just spent a couple of days of relaxation and reflection in the Dutch Alps (highest elevation, 327 metres). In other words, we were staying…
Our crowded minibus hurtled towards the capital of Armenia when suddenly the snowy peaks of Mt Ararat loomed over the crest of the road. Excited chatter burst out among our fellow passengers returning home from Georgia. The clear weather made…
You're in good company if you're not sure where Georgia is (no, not Jimmy Carter's state, but the former Soviet Union republic in the Caucasus). Henry Kissinger had to ask the Soviet Union's foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze the same question…
Here at last we come to the final chapter for Part II of Brave New Europe. Part I explains why Europe may be headed for a neo-pagan future as it jettisons its remaining "baggage" of Christendom. Part II suggests 10…