In the last few years, much has been published about John Calvin, the great reformer of Geneva. Even so, this fifty year-old biography by Van Halsema is still one of my favorites. It’s interesting, easy to read, full of information, and balanced. Calvin’s complex life is neither glorified nor romanticized, nor are his faults exaggerated. […]
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Remembrance Week Review: The Lonely Sentinel by Piet Prins
When impetuous Dirk, a Dutch grade four student, unwittingly antagonized a Nazi sympathizer on the way home from school, he and his older brother Frans were saved by their father’s long-lost friend. The boys delivered many mysterious messages between him and their father throughout that cold winter. As their family’s windmill became home to […]
Remembrance Week Review: The Sweet Potato
Join a grandfather peeling potatoes for a family gathering as he relives scenes from his Dutch childhood. At first he had been happy, well-fed, and secure, sailing wooden-shoe boats in puddles and working in the potato fields with his dear father. Then, in 1940, life changed. The streets were full of dark uniforms. Trucks roared […]