Balance, mindfulness, serenity, clarity, sanity…they were having a vacation at the beginning of this week. What made them come back? Take a breath and hand it over Lately I have been haunted by a feeling of lack of time, life slipping through my fingers. I was browsing to much aimless minutes and hours on the […]
Far from home is a perfect place to start – Switchfoot (song: Golden) Part I: Struggle to be silent Silence, peace, rest, prayer, all states I cannot seem to be able to be in at the moment. There’s always the urge to do stuff, be productive, be active. There’s always fear of failing, of praying […]
Lectio Divina What is it? The first time I heard about Lectio Divina was two years ago on a silent retreat. I read this book by Anselm Gruen: ‘Bronnen van spiritualiteit’ (sources of spirituality) which handled the topic of this ancient Benedictine meditation practice. Daily life in a Benedictine monastery consisted of three elements: liturgical […]
Joshua 4:4-7 (New International Version) 4 “So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, 5 and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his […]
First of all, I hope you had a fabulous Easter. Jesus is truly risen!!! Today I want to continue my 10-part series with the Examen Prayer of St. Ignatius de Loyola. In the beginning of Lent my Twitter-friend Tara told me she was doing the daily Examen Prayer for Lent, as I was giving up […]
