Inspired by the name of the new church in Amersfoort, and also because we’ve just celebrated the feast of All Saints, I’ve been thinking of the communion of all saints, as we say in the Creed: I believe in the holy catholic Church: the communion of saints. It is a wonderful thought that God gave us all a place in a community that is held together by our shared love for Christ and each other.…

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me” Gal. 2:20 The words “not I, but Christ lives in me” have always been rather a stumbling block to me. How can God promise us new life, and at the same…

This article by Ruth Alkema from Utrecht first appeared in Dutch in De Jeruzalemkerk te Utrecht newsletter.  Ruth has kindly offered to share an English translation of the article also with Holy Trinity Chaplaincy. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I really want to share with you something that I’ve learned over the past year about contemplative prayer.  More than a year ago I had never heard of this kind of prayer until someone told…