The dachshund and the medal
In my quiet time, impressions come to me time and again like short film clips. This time I saw a young wire-haired dachshund walking towards me. It had the ribbon of a...
Behavior
What does God think of you?
What does God think of me personally? This self with all its rough edges, strengths and weaknesses, simply this complex self that often doesn’t even understand itself? How do I know what...
Be restored
The other morning I was at Lake Constance and saw a large seagull standing in the lawn outside the window. Strange, I’ve never seen that before. I went outside and walked over...
A table full of gifts
Recently we had another Holy Spirit Night, a worship evening in our church. The Holy Spirit Night team set up a large table, loaded with a pile of packages, lovingly wrapped in...
Fear of man or fear of God
Many years ago, I got a seat on a crowded city bus in St. Gallen. It was cramped and noisy. Sitting opposite me was a small, slender woman with a tight-fitting headscarf,...
Marriage in the green zone
Your God-given value helps you to have good relationships! If you don’t know your God-given value, your relationships will suffer. Then conflicts will either turn into fights or withdrawing! Neither is healthy....
New decisions?
A new year – does that automatically mean that new decisions are or should be made? Not for me. My decisions often develop slowly in my head, then suddenly come to the...
Hold and be held!
Or:What you always wanted to know about bird feathers…. How about a little excursion into bird feather science? Really? Yes, for me it gave unexpected insights! Let me take you there! A...
Date with the Lord
At the beginning of the year, following a suggestion from an online seminar, I put a date with God in my calendar, June 20th, 2023. The goal was to listen to impressions...
Water in the drought
Do you reckon with the unseen world, do you consider it as real as the visible world? The visible world is permanently before our eyes; it is logical and explainable, we can...