Amersfoort used to be the city we’d see from the train, my brother and I, as we travelled home for the weekend during our student days. It was the last stop of the fast “intercity” trains from Utrecht before they passed through the Veluwe forests to arrive at Zwolle. There, we would run to catch…
“Can you tell me your greatest legacy as an evangelist?” an aging Billy Graham was once asked. His answer: “Lausanne.” From September 22-28, over 5,000 Christian leaders from more than 200 countries gathered in South Korea for the 50th anniversary gathering of Lausanne. It was a rich variety of nationalities, traditions and languages (even though…
Sunshine, good coffee and incredible scenery. For seven days in December, I was able to enjoy the beautiful country of New Zealand’s North Island. Our second-born child currently lives in Wellington on a holiday work visa, and it had been 566 days since I had hugged my kid. Cue our team of nurses, a willing…
It’s a simple room in Kolkata, with nothing but a twin bed and a wooden table. Beside the bed hangs a crown of thorns on the wall. Over the wooden table hangs a map of the world. It is reminiscent of the bowed-over frame of a woman whose prayers and love have changed the world…
When I was four years old, my parents gave me a set of geography flashcards. On one side was the outline of the country and on the other was the name of the country along with significant facts about it. In this way I learned to identify countries by their shape, including now defunct entities…
Philip’s Story (Act 8: 27-28) Turns out you can’t put this work into boxes. They hired me as a waiter. One of the food logistics team. The leaders were finding it difficult to balance preaching with the community needs, so they chose me and Stephen to look after food. But nothing stays neat, not when…
When you read this, I will be within 100 km of the end of a pilgrimage for the second time. Together with my husband and three children, I’ll be spending this Easter walking the Camino de Santiago. For my children, it will be a first. My husband and I were pilgrims in 2005 before our…
“One of my lifelong dreams is to visit the Holy Land!” My wife Karen and I often hear those words when people learn that we lead guided group tours to Israel. For most individuals a visit will be a once in a lifetime experience, and many approach such a trip with a singular purpose in…
expanse of rockglacial and basic delicate berriesand hued bloomsgrasses – blue, fescue, and cotton. . . holes in ice(lost at sea)tiny hopes of oneringed by rime quick time breath shortbut darker holesin purest whitenow covered creep closer and feed the futureof nanuq generationsstill tiny, womb-boundwaiting to becomesomething greatin a world of small things. Written while…
“The people who walked in darknessHave seen a great light;Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,Upon them a light has shined” Isa. 9:2, NKJV I find a stick, carved, from a branch by the side of the road where we’ve broken down. The engine popped, a lack of coolant and other…
Trying to decode pages of government protocols. Pacing a suburban backyard like a caged animal. Being nervous driving with Michigan license plates in Ontario. Crossing a nearly deserted Bluewater bridge. Emerging joyfully from a basement apartment after enduring a 14-day quarantine. These are some of my experiences as an expat trying to conscientiously navigate the…
Closed borders and travel bans have brought travel and tourism to a halt over the last year. Thomas King’s latest novel offers the reader a vicarious vacation told through the travels of Bird and Mimi, a middle-class Indigenous couple from Guelph, Ontario. They are in Prague on vacation. This trip is one many they undertake…
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