Over Pentecost weekend, I was invited to speak at a seminar during the Opwekking Conference on the topic, ‘Europe: battlefield or mission field?’ To my surprise, the seminar tent was full. For, as I told my audience, ‘Europe’ traditionally…
You could mistake him for Gandalf, with his long grey beard and priestly robes. And you will very likely see him mixing with magicians, wizards, seers, fortune tellers and spiritual seekers in Body Mind Spirit fairs and festivals. But…
A generational gap seems to have emerged in my circle of Christian friends in response to the Irish referendum on same-sex marriage. After the majority of those who turned out to vote supported the YES vote, Facebook comments and ‘likes’…
After the more serious reflections of the past few weeks, its time for a personal story–about the new Schuman Centre mobile office. As my sixty-fifth birthday approached last September, my wife Romkje said she needed to confess to scheming together…
The end of World War Two 70 years ago was commemorated on Friday in London, Paris and Berlin, and on Saturday in Moscow. In Riga, where this year’s State of Europe Forum was being held on these same two days,…
