Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

EVERYTHING IN OUR WORLD IS FAKE. Everything in our Western world is fake. Nothing is real. It’s different elsewhere. My wife and I spent some time in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. Some 30 years ago, … Continue reading →

ANOTHER SIGN: THE FINAL REFORMATION. Years, no, decades ago, in the late fifties and early sixties of the previous century, when our family lived in St. Catharines, Ontario, there was an air of spiritual renewal hanging under the skies in … Continue reading →

A NATION DIVIDED: A WORLD IN PERIL   Concordia parvae res crescent, Discordia maximae dilabuntur. A Latin phrase, meaning: “As concord makes small things grow, discord brings the greatest to ruin”. Jesus twice echoed this very truth: “Any kingdom divided … Continue reading →

DEATH: THE LAST ENEMY. There is a new book out: The survival of the Riches. I read a review of it in Civis Mundi, a highbrow Dutch monthly magazine, a free electronic periodical of Social Philosophy and Culture, which my brother Drewes … Continue reading →

HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE? “How Should We Then Live” is the title of a book written by theologian Francis A. Schaeffer, published in 1976. At that time, I found the book’s title attractive. Then as now for me ‘how to live’  was … Continue reading →

ENVISIONING THE END. I know: Doomsday Tidings are unpopular. But then… Let’s face it: The news nowadays is relentless and has a new element: it focuses on finality, whether it is through AI – Artificial Intelligence-, or through the increased … Continue reading →