Seasonal culinary inspiration: Speculaas
Speculaas: a cookie, a mirror, a tradition December 5 is one of the most precious days in the Netherlands, the day when Dutch children receive gifts from Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas), dressed in red and with a white beard, who arrives from Spain in mid-November with his ship laden with presents, to be distributed on his […]
Sister community: House of Compassion
A church in the service of justice and compassion “House of Compassion is a thematic church about compassion and the fight for justice. Building further on the commitment of the Brussels Beguinage community of the past decades, we strive together with our partners for more humanity, a hopeful society and a dignified life for all […]
Micro-practice: forest bathing!
Nature, a path to God and wonder I (Erika) cannot count the number of times that people have told me how close they feel to God when they are in nature. On a purely pragmatic level, spending time in nature does remove us from our daily cares and our “normal” environment (unless, of course, we […]
Pastoral meditation: co-creating the world
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Being a peacemaker I have always been struck by the fact that Jesus does not call people to be peacekeepers, but peacemakers. One of the most vivid biblical images of God’s world is the “peaceful kingdom,” in which people and animals […]
Mosaic Village: an inclusive Methodist Church in Lausanne
I have long dreamt of a church to which I would be proud to invite my interfaith and non-religious friends. A new theological look at inclusion in the Church How many of us call ourselves spiritual but not religious? How many of us believe in the possibility of transformation, the necessity of community and the […]
