Tag: Bible
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Our Story
Read More: Our StoryTo all family and friends and communities of Herman and Stiny de Jong, and of son Henry, Wendy and Jovita we wish you a blessed Christmas in 2025, and offer to you some Christmas stories that were gifted to us by Herman and Stiny.
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Unsummer Reading
Read More: Unsummer ReadingThis fifty year overview of the history books that have formed me is only a fraction of my library, but has significance for where we’ve been and where we’re going.
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Wietse, Sietse and Casey
Read More: Wietse, Sietse and CaseyThis story is about three daddies and their firstborn babies. It happened at the first AACS Conference held at Niagara Christian College. It is better not to mention names.
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Dirk Bult
Read More: Dirk BultOnce in Canada, Dirk Bult quickly climbed the social, church and Christian associations ladders. In all areas, he rose far above the average immigrant. His well-founded opinions were valued on the boards of Christian organizations. At church meetings, he tested the church council against the principles of the Reformed world view.
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A Royal Child
Read More: A Royal ChildI brought the conversation to the town gardens where I had first met her father and which we had both enjoyed for so long. But now, Jan Koning was finished.
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The Flying Vicar
Read More: The Flying VicarThe Lord bless you and keep you. The little boy peeked up at their pastor — Just for a moment! It was a sin if you opened your eyes while praying
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World War II
Read More: World War IIOn the eightieth anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands, Harry van der Laan looks back with the eyes of a child.
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Emigreren naar Canada: 1954
Read More: Emigreren naar Canada: 1954Enige tijd nadat de oorlog was afgelopen en alles weer op zijn plaats viel in Nederland emigreerde mijn broer Jaap naar Canada, omdat landbouwgrond nog steeds moeilijk te krijgen was. Dat ging goed dus ik wilde ook emigreren. Ongeveer twee weken voordat ik toestemming zou krijgen, vertelde ik een vriend over mijn plannen en hij…
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Jaren op de Lagere School: 1934-1941
Read More: Jaren op de Lagere School: 1934-1941De school begon op 1 oktober 1929 met 48 leerlingen en bleef 4 jaar op dat aantal. Toen ik in 1934 begon, waren er 76 leerlingen. Het was een kleine school met 2 klaslokalen.
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Herman and Stiny de Jong read stories
Read More: Herman and Stiny de Jong read storiesOnce upon a time, I’m sure (though I have no memory of it), my mother and father read or told stories to me and my siblings. Probably every day. Whether they were from the bible or not, these stories pushed us to the frontiers of experience without at all endangering us. Only when our own…