“Build noodle bridges!” a physics teacher friend of mine recommended. I was substitute teaching a three-week physics block in mechanics...
In Memory of Margot Friedländer One cold January morning in 1943, Margot Friedländer’s brother was arrested in the family apartment...
Three images define the Pentecost event in the Bible. First, everyone is gathered in the house. It is the community on which the Spirit descends, not the individual. Second, they are not gathered in an open field but in a dwelling. Culture created by humanity is what unifies the community....
Franka Henn begins the conversation with Bart Vanmechelen by asking him about his capacity to be humorously self-deprecating. Bart says...
Changes in the demographics of Central Europe are placing a significant strain on society. The first wave of people born...
What is the significance of tears today? Does what brings us to cry, bring us to our ‘I’? How do tears help us to find ourselves? A brief phenomenology of the spirituality of crying. When the Pope died on Easter Monday, all the faithful in Rome wept. Outsiders may find...
The experience of powerlessness is part of inner transformation. Some thoughts on encountering the spirit of the times. Every day,...
The ways in which evil works are subtle. This makes it all the more important to be attentive to the...
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. But the earth was chaos and confusion. Darkness was upon the face of the primordial depths. The spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.” The Bible translation by Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig begins with how we...
Cape Town, South Africa. A gathering for spiritual understanding and imagination. During Easter, from April 1 to 5, 2026, the...
One of the most effective techniques in mindfulness and trauma therapy—suitable for restlessness, repetitive thoughts, or anxiety—is the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise....
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