Richard Reitsma

Nov 10, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Katie Munnik |Cathy Smith |Richard Reitsma |Jonathan de Vries

This hymn was composed for Remembrance Sunday and sung for the first time in Coventry Cathedral in England. During his years in ministry, Rev. Kaan helped form the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. His focus was always on inter-church relations, human rights, and peace. Born in Haarlem, his experience as a young teen under Nazi occupation in the Netherlands shaped him deeply.

Mar 27, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Emily Wierenga |Kathy Vandergrift |Richard Reitsma |Kristine O’Brien

It was a slippery patch of white, that driveway, and soon I found my all-season tires stuck in snow. I was late already for the girls’ tap lessons, all three of them strapped into the backseat, and now this. Now I would need to admit to my in-laws that I couldn’t back up straight out of a driveway. Now we would be late. The muttering began as I climbed from the van into the white drift. And then, the singing.