Piety connects? Under the headline "Mennonite: Piety connects Christians of diverse traditions," there was a little article in yesterday's RD about Andrew Dyck's doctorate at the VU University of Amsterdam on Sept. 5. Without going through the entire article here, a few things struck me. If ...
Read more ...Category: Spirituality and Mysticism
Christian meditation
In many churches and circles, courses in "Christian meditation" are offered. In one of these, for example, in four evenings the Lectio Divina, Ignatian prayer, contemplative prayer and imagery meditation[1] are mainly discussed. When someone addresses the preacher about this, he writes back, among other things, "Our word meditation is ...
Read more ...It just goes on…
Two things came to me again this week that reflect that idolatry is going on and on in Christendom and sometimes is already much further than you realize. The first is from the charismatic corner and the second has to do with the contemplative movement. I'm going to ...
Read more ...Esau the unholy one
It occurs several times in the Bible: two brothers who go a different way in life and make different choices. One of them works out and the other does not. For starters, think of Cain and Abel. But also Esau and Jacob, twin brothers even. From ...
Read more ...Ann Voskamp – an open letter (2)
Your book "A Thousand Thanks" I read with a mix of feelings. Admiration because of the way you write. I can't quite put into words what that is like, but in any case it is special and captivating. Besides admiration, there was also a lot of recognition. A search for the real ...
Read more ...Ann Voskamp: the way of contemplation (1)
In recent weeks, Ann Voskamp, author of the widely read book "A Thousand Thanks" [1], visited me several times. Figuratively speaking, that is. That's why we pay attention to it in this post. We discuss the teaching and practice she promotes because that is in fact nothing more than what ...
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