The Baltic Way
The longest human chain in history was formed across the Baltics just thirty years ago last Friday as a moral protest against the illegal occupation by the Soviet Union of these lands. It stretched 675 kilometres from the north of…
A picnic of hope
Thirty years ago today, a seemingly innocent event took place on the border of Hungary and Austria which catalysed the downfall of the Berlin Wall. We have shared this story before. Current efforts by some to turn back the clock,…
A spiritual revolution
This November will mark thirty years since the Berlin Wall crumbled, unravelling communism in Eastern and Central Europe and hastening the end of the Soviet Union. A whole generation has been born and raised since then with no living memory…
Speaking with God
How can we nourish our own spiritual lives through drawing from historical wells? This was the focus of our daily meditations during the Masterclass in European Studies last week in Amsterdam. With a dozen participants from five European countries, we…
‘God calls you…’
Three Dutch words, ‘God roept u’, shine out in blue neon lights on the roofline of the Samaritan’s Inn, next to the words ‘Jesus loves you’ we wrote about last week. Meaning ’God calls you’, these words have been visible to…
