“The desert is a dangerous place. There is no food. There is no water. People die without food and water. Nothing grows there, so when the wind blows, the shape of the desert changes. People lose their way ….” This is the beginning of the first story (from Exodus) that I heard at the Godly Play course in Sheffield, UK, which I attended in March 2017. Father David thought it a good idea to have…

After the visit of Canon Andrew White (the Vicar of Baghdad), father David shared an amazing story with us, in his sermon: Andrew White reported that Christ has been appearing to Muslims in Iraq! On one of these occasions Christ had revealed himself as a figure dressed in white at the bedside of an I.S. commander and ‘had called him to follow Him’. The I.S. commander – not being able to resist this call –…

This contribution is from Madeleine de Boer at Holy Trinity.  She is preparing to share with us in our Bible Studies in Utrecht this coming Lent some of the insights on Lectio Divina from a retreat she attended led by Hettie van Hessen-Eijbergen. The year 2015 has been wonderful for Christian meditation!  Our little group got together regularly for meditation sessions, organised by Hettie van Hessen-Eijbergen, at her home (which I wrote about before in…