A growing challenge: preaching…
In many churches it is customary that in addition to the regular pastor, others also get the chance to preach on Sunday. And for the past 10 years or so I’ve had such invitations....
In many churches it is customary that in addition to the regular pastor, others also get the chance to preach on Sunday. And for the past 10 years or so I’ve had such invitations....
Businesses sometimes seem to overflow with it… Coaching and training programs for everyone and for everything you can think of. Smart people, or people who pretend to be smart, tell people who have not...
During Christmas with travel restrictions, Dutch family in lockdown and Polish family in the middle of a move, you know it will either be lonely or very special. We are not the types to...
Most blogs we write have an enthusiastic undertone: we enjoy what we do, we have great contacts, and the grateful faces of the people we help are a true reward and further encouragement. And...
Centuries and centuries ago, the Romans had a fancy word for someone who was the boss or had to pretend he was: “praeses”. And while most modern languages have long used their own translations...
November 2001… 20 years ago a severe winter announced itself in Poland, which according to final reports claimed the lives of more than 300 homeless people. Simply frozen to death. November 2001… At Poznań...
Normally November is not the happiest month of the year… Outside it is cold, wet and dark, and for most people there is often not much to celebrate. This year it is a completely...
On October 1, I wrote that contact is the key. And sure enough, again I have the privilege to report that we have been able to open a new door with this key! Over...
The number of people we can help through Bread of Life is increasing rapidly. We can build relationships with more and more people, who finally can tell their story to someone, and who are...
The vast majority of the work we do as Bread of Life relies heavily on the efforts of volunteers. Who drags all the food, who is dedicated to social media for fundraising, who often...