The surrealistic scenes from Japan we have been watching on our screens, hard on the heels of the Christchurch disaster, seem simply apocalyptic–even from the ‘safe’ distance of Europe. Although the experts tell us there is no natural connection between…
One of the biggest challenges we face in Europe today is how to bring religious and secular Europeans together, with clashing systems of belief, into a cohesive and harmonious society. How can we shape a society that respects cultural and…
The whole nation of New Zealand is climbing out from under the rubble emotionally as Romkje and I return to Europe. Among the relatively small population of around four million spread over a land the length of Italy, almost everybody…
Warren Carter, convenor of the Hope for Europe prayer network, died in Salzburg hospital on February 14, six days after sustaining brain injuries in ski accident. While giving ski lessons to his son and other children, he slipped and hit…
The first decade of the new millennium has produced several cross-currents that are buffeting our world, overturning old orders and creating new realities. As we attempt to ‘understand the times and know what Israel should do’ in the coming decade,…
