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Here in the Netherlands, it is a holiday weekend – Pinkster to use the Dutch word…. Pinkster?  Pentecost. What’s that about? Well for many it has no real meaning probably besides an extra day off….. Pentecost is actually a Greek … Continued

Here in the Netherlands, it is a holiday weekend – Pinkster to use the Dutch word…. Pinkster?  Pentecost. What’s that about? Well for many it has no real meaning probably besides an extra day off….. Pentecost is actually a Greek … Continued

May be that seems like a strange and somewhat abstract opening title. Our teenage children have grown up in the reality of the fact their parents walked their own adolescence during the 80’s. So that has shaped for instance the … Continued

So how is this new week going? What is on your mind for the coming days? Perhaps you are relieved to be getting a long weekend coming up, as there is a public holiday next Monday here in the Netherlands? … Continued

The earth is flat! The Sun revolves around it….. we all know this is true!! Well that is what many people used to believe and were taught. There are many things that we can all believe of course. Such as … Continued

A sky lit up with beautiful colours… Warm evening, stillness, even the sea was a great temperature. Quite a number of people walking, some surfing, some swimming… And then many stood still watching, enjoying what they could see…. People totally … Continued

What are we grateful for? Give thanks in all circumstances! “Yeah right! As if…” might be your first reaction or if we do not read the phrase carefully, perhaps we will question it  – “why should I be grateful for … Continued

Okay, so if you are not into football, you are probably groaning now that I am making an allusion to the World Cup presently gracing much of our TV screens. “Give me Brazil” you might say, “but make it the … Continued

Today as I write it is the Wednesday before Easter weekend. The sun is shining…. It’s mid-week and people are on with all kinds of things: work, study, sport, shopping, holidaying…… the list in a way could be endless. Back somewhere … Continued

So this weekend (29th/30th March) we are celebrating that ICL is ten years old…… There is much to be grateful to God for. We believe that ICL is part of His church in the Leiden area and our aim continues to be … Continued