Category Archives: Christianity

Busy week ahead - Merry Christmas everybody :)

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | December 22nd, 2008

Hi all,
I don’t think I’ll be blogging all that much this week. So I think I’ll just say Merry Christmas now, when I still have the time. We’ve got a big Christmas celebration coming up with my family (kids and grandkids of my one still alive grandmother) - since it’s in the town where I [...]

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Those times when life forces rest on you…

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | October 15th, 2008

Whether it’s illness, unemployment or some other reason – sometimes life forces us to sit still, think things through, relax – because there is just no other alternative.
I don’t think anyone is ever grateful for unemployment or disease, but sometimes we can be grateful for their side effects: a chance to reevaluate life.
One of the [...]

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World War 2 story of spiritual teachers - Interviewing my grandmother

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | August 30th, 2008

My grandmother is living in a retirement home. She has trouble remembering the name of her eldest brother, and whether he still lives (he doesn’t). There are suggestions she might have Alzheimer’s disease. But when I asked her what spiritual teacher of the last century had inspired her most - the following conversation occurred (I’m [...]

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