The author of the bestseller The Shack knows the depths of emotional and physical insecurity just as well as he knows the secure anchor of God’s love. In this interview, he talks about the sequel, his friends on death row in Tennessee, and how he lies down beside Jesus on the floor of a fishing boat in the midst of life’s storms.
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Out Of the Silent Planet
What is 70 years old and sounds like it was written yesterday? It’s a space novel that describes two power players of this age as if the writer had known them personally. It’s scary and fascinating and hopeful – It’s Out Of The Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis…
From India, With Love
We recently returned from a family trip to India – a trip meant mainly to introduce our kids to the place their parents had called home for four years – and ended up with much more than we bargained for. Instead of just a trip down memory lane, we found ourselves in the middle of
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And The Winner Is….
This year, December brought us not only the Advent season but also the World Cup season. For our family, this means our usually quite tight TV restrictions fly out the window and we all are glued to the screen, cheering and discussing and generally acting as if we were all soccer pros. And no, I wasn’t sitting there looking for inspiration for a blog post…
Dear God, You Know I’m Right
Keywords: Elections – partiality- prayer – writing
It’s election day in the U.S. And yes, I will write about the election in this post, but not to endorse a candidate (which might be a tad late by now…). Instead, I’ll share a very personal nail biter and how it compares, to me, to the emotions of election night…
Judge Not…
Keywords: Judgement – unconditional love – USA – Switzerland
A few months ago, I wrote a post called “A Whole New World” about some of the problems I perceive with the position of the Church in the American society. These thoughts portray a difficult side of my current home country. But that’s not all there is to this multi-faceted place, and today I’m reflecting on one of its positive sides: the encouragement and inspiration I have drawn from America that I might not have learned anywhere else…
