European children are dwindling. Everybody knows however that without children there is no future: even the makers of The Simpsons children’s choir clip. What is obvious is that this demographic factor is going to have major consequences for Europe, economically,…
Exactly seventy years ago, Canadian troops liberated the towns of our region in the Netherlands from the Nazi occupier amidst scenes of jubilation. Commemoration events and parades in a sequence moving northwards from town to town are stirring memories of…
Where Jesus hung out after his resurrection and before his ascension is not explained in the Gospels. Two of the Gospel writers are clear however about his appearances to the disciples during this forty day phase of the church calendar…
The Christian faith is all about death... and resurrection! That memorable take-away from Philip Jenkins’ excellent book on Europe, God’s Continent, continues to stir my hope for this part of our world which has been most shaped by the story…
We were caught off guard as we stepped inside the St Denis Cathedral in northern Paris yesterday. After spending the weekend in dialogue with missionary couples working among secular, unchurched Parisians, we expected to encounter the stereotype of Christianity today,…
