It is quite exciting to learn what is happening here in Latvia. At the conference, there were two Members of Parliament and the State Minister of Children and Family Affairs as guests and speakers. I was specifically impressed with the talk of Janus Smits, chairman of the Human Rights committee of the Parliament. He was very outspoken about the role of Christians in society. He … Lees verder Movements everywhere in Latvia
I uploaded a couple of pictures of Riga to Flickr – check them out! Lees verder Riga churches
It’s always nice to post from different places than home… so here is a quick update from Riga. I’m staying in a hotel in the old town, which is really nice indeed, as I can see with my own eyes. I walked around a bit this afternoon through this old town. Lots and lots of young people, places that are trendy (or wannabe-trendy, I can’t … Lees verder Quick note from Riga
Tomorrow I hope to fly to Riga, Latvia, for an Agape Europe conference on ‘Current Leaders’. It will be a training conference with much practical input on how to start and sustain a discipling ministry in the business community. I have never been to Latvia, although I have been meeting a number of colleagues from the Baltics very regularly. People say Riga is a beautiful … Lees verder Adding another country to the list
Rosa had an art-project at school which ended last Thursday with an exhibition. Together with Fleurine she was the live artist that made this beautiful painting. It’s running in the family… Lees verder It’s running in the family
Yes, I feel the same about the title – it’s kind of weird, but I did not come up with it myself. Yesterday night I joined my friends Robertino and Mark to a so-called ‘Fire & Gold’ conference with John Keating. He is an Irish prophetic teacher with ‘a strong anointing’ as my pentecostal brothers and sisters would call it. It certainly was a happening. … Lees verder Holy Ghost Mafia
Last Saturday 350 young, well-educated christian professionals gathered in Hotel Schiphol to listen and think about Inspiring Leadership at the Impact Symposium. Since Agape is partnering in this symposium we held a workshop for which we invited Jon Horne from London. Based on three concepts living, telling & changing he discussed how to integrate christian identity into the workplace, share it with others and make … Lees verder Impact in the workplace
If you read some of the blogs I read, you are probably already familiar with the 60 seconds contest we held at the staff conference. We invited everybody to share their testimony or present the gospel in one minute, to be used in Internet Ministry. Watch here to see all of the results and guess who won the iPod 🙂 Lees verder The gospel in 60 seconds
We created this video for the staff conference. Watch and enjoy the visionary presentation of Agapè The Netherlands! Lees verder Movement of Gods love
We’re still recovering from the Agapè spring conference last week. It has been a very special conference that brought us even more than we hoped for. With the verses from Isaiah 43 in mind, we aimed to leave the past behind and look forward. We used that verse as the Newyear’s wishes and now we also used it as one of the leading themes in … Lees verder Spring conference