teaching 2023

HOW DO YOU REACT WHEN LIFE DOESN’T GO THE WAY YOU WANT? Part 2 I often think that men and women might react in different ways. Some men become quiet and isolate themselves. They do not talk and they cannot say why and they refuse to talk. If a man has been to a doctor and received a bad report or he lost his job, it might take a long time before he tells this to his wife. Some might even lie and say that there is nothing wrong if they are asked why they are so quiet. They might need time to ... (read more)

HOW DO YOU REACT WHEN LIFE DOESN’T GO THE WAY YOU WANT? Part 1 I believe that all of us have been in that situation once, but more likely many times. In counselling I daily listen to one story worse than the other and I sometimes wonder how people have managed to survive. Yesterday I talked to a woman in another country and she was almost killed by her own sister. I know that this is extreme, but many things are happening today that are extreme. I will start by describing the reaction of ... (read more)

WE ARE IN WAR. Part 2 I think that we Christians should start reading more about war histories. We should learn more about how the militaries think. I know that when a country is in war, the leaders do not only think about their own men and resources, but they study a lot about the enemy. Who is in power? Who is really making decisions? How many soldiers do they have? What kind of teaching and practice do they have? What are their strategies? I want to declare the fact that all Christians are ... (read more)

  WE ARE IN WAR! Part 1 I wrote last time about the invisible world, a world that is real even if we can’t see it with the mere eye. I want to continue to write about the war going on in the invisible world, but a war that we can see and a war where we participate. I recently asked a man if he had been in the military. He said: “ No, not before I was saved.” It became very clear to him that the enemy had woken up when he got saved. As long as a person lives in the world and functions ... (read more)