Posted in International Affairs, Okategoriserade on May 5th, 2017
There are different opinions, and rightly so, about the European Union. But it has been instrumental in achieving an unprecedented time of relative peace on a continent that has a long and tragic history of many devastating wars. Every year the Schuman Centre for European Studies organizes a State of Europe Forum. It brings together various […]
Posted in Business as Mission, Okategoriserade on Mar 17th, 2017
On March 17 many people around the globe celebrate St. Patrick. He was a human trafficking victim in the 5th century, who became a missionary to the people and land (Ireland) where he was a slave. Let me share a well-known prayer by St. Patrick, and customize it to a BAM related prayer: (the original […]
Posted in Okategoriserade on Dec 27th, 2014
Christmas is the ultimate reminder of vulnerability God entrusted himself to fallible people Helpless and totally dependent as a newborn This incarnational mystery is expressed by Thomas Merton: “What is holy in our midst has something to do with the odor of dung on a stable in Bethlehem, the fruity taste of wine on the […]
Posted in Okategoriserade on Apr 5th, 2012
“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.“ Pope John Paul II Happy Easter! Christ is risen – there is hope !!
Posted in Okategoriserade on Aug 21st, 2011
I have a passion for the least, lost, and the lowliest – with a special focus in the Arab world and Asia. Sometimes I feel at home everywhere, and sometimes I feel at home no-where. I have lived and worked in half the countries of the world, lived in fear at home because of severe […]