Category: Stories
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~ Can’t We Have Some Fun?
Read More: ~ Can’t We Have Some Fun?t’s just a sad state of affairs in Canada these days. We are in the midst of a recession, and there is so much division in many churches that some people want to exit to form even better churches. This must be done with seriousness.
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~ Have Mercy on Us
Read More: ~ Have Mercy on UsSometimes a sudden emotion vibrates inside you. At the back of the garden, you hear a bird singing. A grandchild examines your face with pure, serious eyes. An organ in a cathedral hums under the vaults, along high steep walls
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~ From Generation to Generation
Read More: ~ From Generation to GenerationThe year of our Lord, 1478. The hubbub retreated within the city walls. People grumbled. The body hanging from the gallows had gone limp all too soon.
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~ Bertus
Read More: ~ BertusBertus, our youngest son, was and is our worry child. However, he was never sickly, and by no means dumb. Just terribly mischievous. This child was different from our Wim. You could call Bertus a maverick.
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~ Klaas Pot
Read More: ~ Klaas PotMy wife and I come to Canada every other year to visit our children. Thus, we have gained many friends in Canada as well. Mostly older people who belong to the same church as our children’s families. The only exception is Klaas Pot.
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~ A Thorn in the Flesh
Read More: ~ A Thorn in the FleshEelke Van Doorn has been walking since 1985 in a pair of Brazilian shoes he bought in a Canadian shoe shop while visiting his children
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~ Little Brother from Scheveningen
Read More: ~ Little Brother from ScheveningenMy grandson who is studying to be a pastor in Grand Rapids knocked on my door. He is a somewhat shy little man and it took him about an hour to come up with the purpose of his visit
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~ Dirk Bult
Read More: ~ Dirk BultDirk Bult, though a small man, is a great thinker. Even when he was a child, there was no question so difficult that Dirk didn’t know the answer to it. That created some distance between him and his peers. They were a bit dumber.
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~ Adventure at Night
Read More: ~ Adventure at NightAs you know, we had to stay with Mother this time. We had just arrived and our dear Mom had already brewed the coffee. I took a look around. You know those little flats. A room, a little bedroom next to it, and a little kitchen with a shower/WC behind it. Everything tiny.
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~ And the Farmer Ploughs On
Read More: ~ And the Farmer Ploughs OnOn an early spring day, the fields spread out, glistening again. The wind is still chilly, with night temperatures around zero, but the sun is gaining strength