Baustelle Berlin Archives

I sometimes wish that the book of Job simply ended without the epilogue, that last “happy ending” part. (For those of you unfamiliar, go read Job!) I think it tends to raise false hopes that … Read More

As some of you know, we have a small but quite lovely balcony that opens off the back of our bedroom. The railing wall that encloses the space is lined with various flowering plants and … Read More

The summer is speeding past at an alarming rate. So is life, for that matter! Which is why I find the nuisances of everyday life especially frustrating. So much time and effort is lost dealing … Read More

I have often heard it said that the spiritual soil in Europe is hard, that people, here, just don’t respond to the Gospel of Jesus. But recently, I heard someone say quite emphatically that this … Read More

In December last year, we began the calendar year looking forward to the advent of Jesus the Christ, the King. We celebrated His birth at Christmas: The Word, which was God, became flesh and dwelt … Read More

This coming Sunday is commonly called (in some circles) “Rogation Sunday,” because it precedes the Rogation Days which have been in the church calendar year of much of the western church for more than a … Read More

How can we see God as good and loving when the world He has made and governs is so full of human suffering? The question is, perhaps, as old as the world itself, or at … Read More

We are two thirds of the way through Lent, the 40-day season prior to Easter which finds a pattern in Jesus’ 40 days of fasting in the wilderness, which was itself a recapitulation of Israel’s … Read More