Month: February 2006

  • The Jesus I never knew

    I’m reading Philip Yancey’s book "The Jesus I never knew" . It brings up a lot of feelings of appreciation for Jesus, or should I say love for the King I follow. I am pulled into His presence and intrigued by the way He lived life on earth. My mind…

  • Entering hot season

    Yesterday I had a shower in the middle of the day. Just to cool down. It felt so good. As I was standing in the shower I realized that hot season is approaching. The time when everything takes extra effort. Especially mental activities. Today is 33 degrees. Next week 36…

  • Strange sayings about missionaries

    Here some strange things Christians told me over the years about missions or missionaries. Some hurt, some are just funny. Other have some truth within them. 1. If you go on the mission field you will miss the coming revival in SwitzerlandAfter being oversees for seven years, they are still…

  • Teaching english

    This morning I’m going to teach English. Something I did for the last five years. The places are changing. I taught at different schools, different ages. At the moment I teach at the tourist police. It is just a couple of hours a week and i do it on a…

  • On the road again

    On Monday I went up to the mountains again after my break. (I was in bed with severe food poisoning) I took me quite a while to get my strength back. The first time I went to the Gym, it felt like I haven’t done any sports for a decade.…

  • Quote…

    "Soon we will have to face the choice between what is right and what is easy" (Dumbeldore)

  • Emotionally Healthy Churches

    I just red a book called "The Emotionally Healthy Church" by Peter Scazzero. It is yet another book with solutions (six principles) to a healthy church written by a former (or still?) driven person, who has a "conversion" after his wife wanted to leave him. There is a lot of…