This guy was at the conference as well. Lees verder Another handful

During my long rides I am listening to a 3-CD session of Earl Pitts on finances. I got these through our Swiss colleagues, who have this ministry called History’s Handful, focusing on the rich and wealthy of this earth. Earl Pitts is the author of a couple of books, and he talks about Wealth, Riches and Money. His main thing is ‘closing the circle’ – … Lees verder Wealth, riches and money

Started the Agape Leadership Training yesterday night. It is the formal internal staff training, but it is open to everybody. I am participant in Gerrit Kwantes’ class in Amsterdam. He is the one that started the whole thing of us working with Agape almost 3 years ago, so it is fun to do this together with him. There are a couple of other Agape colleagues, … Lees verder Agape Leadership Training

Oops, I saw that I did not blog for a while. There is sure a lot to blog about, so I will backdate some posts. Anyhow. Someone mailed me a link to the Speaking of Faith website and radioshow, featuring a professor from Wolfsberg University and UBS named Pradhu Guptara. I listened the first 15 minutes or so, and it is definitely fascinating. His is … Lees verder Gods of Business

Hired my first external consultant today. It’s really fun to be at the other side of the table, having someone work for you… We have some issues to solve around logistics and inventory management, it is kind of messy and nobody knows exactly what’s going on. Since I lack the knowledge and time as well, I figured the only real solution was to buy it … Lees verder Paid work

Today our old friends Hans and Andrea paid us a visit with their 3 kids. We had not seen them for a long time. Hans and I used to be best friends in our teens, we (or especially Hans) were infamous in church and far beyond. Basically since I moved to Amsterdam 11 years ago, the contact got loose. In the meantime Hans lost his … Lees verder Old friends

I’m lying in bed. I hear it’s raining. Rosa walks into the room, looks outside and says: ‘The clouds are going away!’ I say: ‘No, dear, it’s raining and the air is all grey’.Two minutes later the sun is shining and there is enough blue sky to make a Dutchman a pair of pants. The moral of this story: kids don’t talk nonsense and British … Lees verder Watch the clouds

I’m back from Kandern. It has been a great time. I’ve had the opportunity to meet with a lot of people from the Agapè European office and the Orlando international office. I am inspired in many ways to align our own ministry with Europe and the international movement. I think there is a lot more to get from Europe than most of us are aware, … Lees verder Back in town

Hanspeter Nüesch, Director of Campus für Christus Switzerland, lectured on societal developments and the christian response to it. Here are some of his remarks, mixed with some of mine: We live in a high tech, fast moving, information-overloaded, pluralistic society. Alltogether we can state that it suffers from two megatrends: a lack of love (a love deficit) – people yearn for devotion, intimacy a lack … Lees verder High touch – an answer to High tech

Yesterday night I returned from Switzerland. I was invited to join the leadership of Campus für Christus (Agape’s sister-ministry) in a two-day retreat. CfC Switzerland is in many ways similar to Agape NL, so Hans thought is was a good idea to visit them and to see what and how they have done things. It was an interesting experience, I must say. We gathered in … Lees verder Swiss retreat