Fighting the right battles – spiritual warfare
“For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against [...]
Recovery of sight and human dignity
“I just called to say I love you”, “you are the sunshine of my life”, “ebony and ivory”, “don’t you worry ‘bout a thing”. Do you know [...]
The Power and Pitfalls of the Heart
The human heart is a great mystery, don’t you think so? Without it we could not be inspired to make great works of arts and heavenly music, [...]
The treasure of knowing Christ
An old man lived on his own, deep in the mountains of Colorado. When he died, some relatives came from the city to collect his valuables. Upon [...]
Majestic but not to extremes
A picture says more than a thousand words. It is much quicker to communicate than spoken or printed text, and for a large group of people who [...]
Connections with the one true vine
The parable of the true vine is a rich one. Whenever I read it, I find new meaning in it. But what is the main message here? [...]
Giving up negative thoughts
Social psychologist Alison Ledgerwood is interested in how people think and how they can think better. One day she asked herself the question, how is it that [...]
A sword through your soul
The gospel reading for today is probably very familiar to us. Also, it was part of the reading on the first of February when we celebrated Candlemas. [...]
Do this as often as you do it…
How often should we celebrate the Eucharist? Why do Roman Catholics, most Anglicans, many Methodists, Lutherans and Presbyterians have a weekly Eucharist (Holy Communion) and most other [...]
Three spirits that lived on
The spirits of Elijah and Christ. Last Sunday Fr. Jake spoke about Wisdom and the Word. Today we add the role of the Spirit. Like Wisdom and [...]
When a woman says “no”
When a woman says “no”, she means “no”. That is the message of the Serious Request campaign that is holding Haarlem in its grip for 6 days. [...]
Christ our King
The feast of Christ the King is not as big as Easter or Christmas, and was only instituted in 1925. It is, however, still considered of great [...]
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