26 May 2026

Going slow and minimal...ready for a long bike journey

 

I'm about to start a journey through Europe on bike...

From my home, the Mount of Oaks to Annahavil in the North part of Ireland, where my mother in law lives.

I will stop in Taizé to have a break and some time of collective prayer with song and silence. For those who don´t know, Taizé is an ecumenical community of Prayer and Peace, started by Brother Roger, a swiss follower of Christ who, in his twenties, during the 2nd World War, decided to go to France and help refugee people who were in need in those troubled times, mainly Jews. He was denounced for his activities and had to go back to Switzerland and in 1944 when France was liberated he went back to Taizé to pray, now together with a few brothers who started to form the community he envisioned.

20 May 2026

Jesus, the great disappointment as a "Savior"



Does “salvation” even make any sense nowadays? How many people really think of the original meaning of this word so commonly used by “Christians” … This is another word that possibly many people do not know the original meaning either… Let me quickly give you an insight before proceeding with my thoughts…