Marcus Ampe
Some personal thoughts and reactions by Marcus Ampe.
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Giving hands – Working together – Fighting for the Future
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Guestspeaker
- The madness of rewriting or reworking literature continues
- The Many Faces of Extremism
- Brexit, Fascism and the Future
- Belgium one of the purest democracies in the world
- ‘Journalistiek gaat niet over waarheid. Schaf die term liever af’ (Trouw, 13/08/2022)
- De toekomst van de onafhankelijke journalistiek… en wie gaat dat betalen?
- De journalist, een bedreigde soort?
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Marcus Ampe presenting: Some View on the World
What we know on day 397 of the Russian invasion
Putin suggested a nuclear announcement was on the way earlier in the week, saying Russia would respond to Britain’s decision to supply armour-piercing shells to Ukraine made of depleted uranium.
NHS, Long Covid and suffering patients
Long Covid Two-thirds of affected UK workers face unfair treatment, says report TUC and charity call for better support and legal right to reasonable adjustments at work for sufferers UK ministers should act to ensure long Covid sufferers receive the support they need from employers, with as many as two-thirds claiming they have been unfairly […]
To turn back to the little patch of green and to get fit
The weather has finally started to brighten up in the UK. If you’ve been neglecting your gardens, or the little patch of green you have been nurturing, what better time is there to turn back to it than spring? Matt Collins has set out an easy-to-follow guide of affordable gardening tips that you can implement […]
Sunday 2023 March 26 Frontpage
Suella Braverman could ban the European Court of Human Rights from grounding migrant deportation flights in a deal to pacify Tory rebels, The Telegraph can reveal. Plus, Natasha Kaplinsky has spoken of her battle to protect her children from online porn. Headlines: Sunday’s essential news Migrant crisis | The Home Secretary is locked in talks […]
The Order of Time – by Carlo Rovelli
Originally posted on Absurd Being:
What is time? Why does it have a direction? Is it an illusion? Luckily for us, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, in his excellent book The Order of Time, has answered these questions… or if that’s too bold a claim, at least given us a nice head start on them. His…Find different writers on two sites founded by me
Recent Posts: From guestwriters
There’s more to life than work
There’s more to life than work – as everyone but the Tories and Kim Kardashian knows John Harris
Daddy Matt
Originally posted on Leaving Oz:
Daddy Matt Going there for the last time,To Chapel Hill,It is smaller now than then,And though I didn’t go inI saw it as it wasLarge and livelyMy grandfather,Daddy Matt,At the kitchen tablePlaying cards, telling storiesChildren laughingAnd the smell of Granny cookingSouthern Fried Chicken and riceSo nice,So long, long agoTake Notice: Unspoken Rules
Originally posted on Mind of Terry:
An unspoken rule is a rule or behavioral constraint imposed on a group but isn’t written down or spoken about. There are many unspoken rules in our society that we have because they’re mostly associated with the logical action needed to be taken. Some typical rules that you would…Some Conversations Just NEED To Happen
Originally posted on The Sapphire Scripts:
Sept. 4 Why do you think it is so difficult for people to talk about race? There are always subjects that people feel aren’t proper or sensitive issues that may cause a war of words or some form of conflict. Some examples are politics, battles of the sexes, and…how do you respond?
Originally posted on Living Life in a Fish Bowl!:
I interact with numerous people throughout any given week. Sometimes I can go from talking with someone who has just lost a loved one or lost their job to someone who just got married or just got a promotion. Romans 12:15 says, “Rejoice with those who…Self versus Perceived Self
Originally posted on Critical Digest Room:
For the purpose of introduction, the self is a common concept that is either privately or generally perceived and conceived. Talking about private or generic perceptions of self, what is the self? Many premises have been laid on this concept. Some view it as a representation of a person.…Nature’s Song
Originally posted on Roth Poetry:
Mountain storm passes through Pisgah National Forest Water roars over Looking Glass Falls Thunder booms… Lighting flashes Tons of shale hang out over the falls unfazed by natures fury ***** Today’s Carolina Blue sky embedded on flat rocks Mountain stream gurgles over wet stones polished and shaped over ten thousand…The Necessity of Rest
Originally posted on Grace Begets Beauty:
“Now I know that the best thing I can offer this world is not my force, but a well-tended spirit, a wise and brave soul.” Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect The dust has just settled from some glorious time on a vacation away from my phone. It was the…Danger of drugs – turning into a habit
“And then sort of dabbling. And then it just turns into a habit that you do once a week and then once a day and then, like, twice a day and then, like, without booze. It just became bad vibes.” – Ed Sheeran has spoken candidly about his former drug habit and the circumstances that caused […]
Xinhua: 20 years after blatant invasion, U.S. crimes against Iraq still unpunished
Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
Editor: Li Jiayao. During the more than eight-year war and ensuing years of violence after the 2011 U.S. pullout, more than 200,000 civilians were killed and over 9 million others displaced in Iraq. Much of the country’s infrastructure was also destroyed during the relentless bombings launched by the U.S.-led…Recent Posts: Stepping Toes
Can a person be too Christian to lead a modern political party
Christians in politics have been accommodated through a policy of don’t-ask, don’t-tell, but some argue endlessly about which bathrooms trans people should be allowed to use. Cisgender psychologists and sexologists pathologise the transgender experience according to their own biases, cisgender insurance executives arbitrarily what is and isn’t “necessary care” for transgender policyholders, and so on.
Antizionisme is geen antisemitisme
Het kan niet genoeg herhaald worden: antizionisme is geen antisemitisme.
Zionisme
Originally posted on Quo Vadis:
Zionisme is het (blijven) streven naar en behoud van een Joodse staat. Anti-zionisme is dus het verzet tegen de enige joodse staat. Behalve de genoemde landen met een islamitische meerderheid, zijn praktische alle andere landen, incl Israel, seculier, geen enkele religie is dominant en er is godsdienstvrijheid. Godsdienstvrijheid is één…Remedie tegen de ziekte van het nationalisme
Een kijk (door Willem Frederik Veltman) op wat de beste remedie is tegen nationalisme.
Was it a year not to step on the toes?
Introducing a news website that may well deserve your attention as it also debunks fake news and brings out the true facts.
Was het een jaar om niet op de tenen te trappen?
Voorstelling van een nieuwswebsite die gerust uw aandacht mag verdienen omdat deze ook fake news ontkracht en de ware feiten nar boven brengt.
Turkey splinters Nato unity with veto against Finland and Sweden
Event Turkey has broken Nato unity on Finland and Sweden’s push to join the alliance, blocking an initial vote on accession after President Erdogan demanded that the two countries hand over dozens of Turkish exiles he accused of “terrorism”. The veto came hours after Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato secretary-general, hailed a historic moment for western […]
Food crisis looms as landmines litter Ukraine farmer’s fields
The Times, May 2, 2022 Event Ukraine, one of the most fertile and productive countries in the world, has been known historically as the “bread basket of Europe”. Now it is facing a complex and unprecedented agricultural crisis, in which landmines are only one of numerous interlinked problems. The United Nations estimates this year’s harvest […]
Anti-Semitism: Dramatic rise in 2021, Israeli report says
BBC, April 22 + Audit of antisemitic incidents Event The number of anti-Semitic incidents around the world dramatically increased last year, a study by Tel Aviv University has found. The report identifies the US, Canada, the UK, Germany and Australia as among countries where there was a sharp rise. This was fueled by radical left- […]
‘Desperate’ Vladimir Putin may use tactical nuclear weapons, warns CIA chief
The Times, April 16 Russia’s setbacks could prompt President Putin to use tactical nuclear weapons, William Burns, the CIA director, has said. Moscow has a stockpile of about 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons, also known as low-yield or battlefield munitions, that can be deployed by air, sea or artillery. These are generally less potent than the […]
Recent Posts from my ecclesia: Belgian Ecclesia Brussel - Leuven
Zoom sessions and gathering in real life
If we are going to be a Christ centred people we need to be a church centred people, because that’s where Christ centres his love. We cannot love Jesus and hate the church or ignore it’s pivotal position to our lives.
Today’s thought (March 25) “Jehovah bless thee, and keep thee”
The Lord Bless You Written By Paul Zilmer Sandwiched between the technical details of completing a Nazirite vow, and the details of the offerings for the consecration of the tabernacle, the Lord charges Aaron and his sons to pronounce a beautiful benediction on the people of Israel: The LORD bless you and keep you; the […]
Reaching more people every day
Looking forward and hoping that all work shall bring in more people to read the articles and get to think about the most important matters in life.
Thought for March 16: Touch
There are a couple dozen mentions of Jesus touching people when he healed them. The healing Jesus did was personal, one-on-one. There are only two cases I can come up with of Jesus healing someone long distance: The centurion whose beloved servant was deathly ill recognized that Jesus could heal with a word (Luke 7:1-10). […]
Possibly a bright prospect for the Belgian community of Brothers in Christ
Revival for French-speaking Brothers in Christ At the hands of Duncan Heaster, the leader of Carelinks, our Belgian association suffered greatly in 2014 and subsequent years. The whole affair surrounding a dispute that was mainly between CBM and Mr D. Heaster totally undercut us when we tried to get all the different Christadelphian groups in […]
Recent Posts – Recente bijdragen op: Broeders in Christus
Bidden tot een Onzichtbare God
De uit de wereld gekozenen hebben geen angst om tot de Onzichtbare God te bidden, in Wie zij alle vertrouwen hebben en geloven dat zij Hem als schild kunnen gebruiken.
Een Aandachtige Toehoorder
Wij moeten beseffen dat er in de hemel een Geest is Die naar ons wil luisteren als wij bereid zijn om naar Hem toe te komen.
Een koning wiens troon vast staat sinds eeuwen
Het koninkrijk der wereld is het koninkrijk van onze Allerhoogste Heer en van zijn Christus geworden, die autoriteit, heerschappij en macht heeft gekregen en als koning zal regeren tot in alle eeuwigheid.
We zijn meer dan overwinnaars
Meerderen van ons worden getroffen door het leed dat aangedaan wordt door oorlogsgeweld, aards geweld (zoals aardebevingen en modderstromen) maar wij willen niet gebukt gaan onder een slachtoffersrol. Wij beseffen dat al dat lijden mar een tijdelijk gebeuren is.
Besef van nietigheid, uitkijkende naar een door God aangestelde vorst en zijn Koninkrijk
Wij bidden regelmatig, in alle nederigheid, dat Gods Naam geheiligd zal worden en Zijn Rijk zal komen.
Vindt ook mijn Nederlandstalige site van de Broeders in Christus – A Dutch language site of the Belgian Brethren: Belgische Broeders In Christus
Gebed niet het volgen van een procedure
Er moeten geen voorgeschreven woorden volgens bepaalde regels opgezegd worden. Met onze eigen woorden kunnen wij aan God kenbaar maken dat wij Hem liefhebben en nog beter willen leren kennen.
Bidden naar Gods Wil
In je dagelijkse communicatie met God is het niet onbelangrijk Hem te laten weten dat jij Hem lief hebt en dat jij graag zou willen leven volgens Zijn Wil.
Voldoende redenen om tot God te bidden
Er zijn heel wat dingen die er ons zouden toe moeten brengen om ons tot onze hemelse Vader te richten.
Geen vrees om vol vertrouwen tot God te bidden
Ook al wil de wereld de mensen het anders doen geloven, is er volop reden om tot de Onzichtbare God te bidden.
Gebed tot wie de Kracht en Koningsmacht toebehoort
Het modelgebed “Onze Vader” wordt meestal afgesloten met onze erkenning dat het Koninkrijk toebehoort aan Jehovah God , Die de Allermachtigste is en alle Kracht en Heerlijkheid bevat.
Biblestudents - Bijbelonderzoekers
- Allen voor God
- Belgian Biblestudents – Belgische Bijbelstudenten
- Biblestudents – Bijbelstudenten (Google Site)
Biblestudents – Bijbelstudenten- Bijbelvorser
- Bijbelvorsers Blogspot
- Bijbelvorsers Webs
- Christen Focus
- Getuigen voor Christus
- Relating to God Weebly site
- Stepping toes
- Unmasking anti Jehovah sites and people
Bloggers For Peace
0 + Bloggers for Peace- 1 Earth Unite
- a Look at the World
- About Bloggers For Peace
- Becoming a writer
- Bodhisattvaintraining
- Cheri Speak
- Comments from Cathy
- Diary of a House Elf
- EJ
- Everyday Gurus
- Francine In Retirement
- From Guestwriters
- Glorious Mettle
- Grandmalin
- Heartflow
- Human in recovery
- Inspire the Idea
- Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving
- Knights of the Climate Covenant
- Melanie lynn Griffin
- Michele D’Acosta
- Mother wife student worker – Life is a journey
- My guilty pleasures
- Our World
- Panama adventure
- Professions for Peace
- Radical Amazement ~ life as a creative being
- Reflections on life thus far
- Retired Ruth
- Rohan7things
- Serendipity 13
- Simply Charming
- Some View on the world
- Spiritual World Traveler
- Steve’s Thinking Space
- The Crayon Files
- the INFP
- This Is My Corn
- Thoughts From An American Woman
- Through the Peacock's Eyes
- Tracie Louise Photography Seeing The Beauty In All Things
- Worldviewer
Christadelphian Websites
- a Look at the World
- Belgian Christadelphians
- Belgian Free Christadelphians Main page– Hoofdpagina van de Belgische Vrije Christadelphians
- Belgische Brüder und Schwestern in Christus oder Christadelphians
- Belgische Broeders in Christus
- Belgische Christadelphians
- Bijbelvorser
- Bijbelvorsers Blogspot
- C4All
- C4U
- Christadelphes Belges
- Christadelphia
- Christadelphia – City of Christ
- Christadelphia Worldwide
- Christadelphians on Tumblr
- Christadelphians Worldwide Arsk/Chb Elpis Israel
- Coffs Christadelphians Bonville Australia
- De Weg naar God
Free Christadelphian Ecclesia- God vinden
Hoop tot Leven – Redding in Christus- Messiah for all
- Op zoek naar God
- Our World
- Relating to God Weebly site
- Relating to God wordPress Blog
- Stepping toes
- The Biblesite
- Vlaamse Broeders in Christus (Google Site)
Vrije Broeders in Christus (Free Flemish Christadelphians on Wordpress)- Walsall Christadelphians
Artikels die in mijn smaak vielen = Posts I Like
Tag Archives: Belgium
Landslides to be expected in political circus
For some years now in Belgium, one can see that the political parties have been doing anything but well. Not only is there a lot of bickering between the parties, even in their own living rooms things are not going … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis, News and Politics, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged 1991, 2024, ACV (Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond - Confederation of Christian Trade Unions), Belgium, Big capital, Boris Johnson, Capital, Capitalism, Capitalist civilisation, cd&v (Christian Democratic and Flemish - Fl. Christian dem. pol. party - Belgium), Centre-Right, Centre-right politics, Centrist alliance(s), Centrist front, Christel Geerts, Clean energy, Climate change, Climate change denialism, Coalition government(s), Conner Rousseau, Cordon sanitaire, Corona crisis, Corona period, Covid denier(s), COVID-19 denialism, David D’Hooghe, De Croo Government, Dislike for politics, Diversification, Donald Trump, Dyab Abou Jahjah, Ecolo = Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales (Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles - Walloon green party - Belgium), Economic crisis, Energy bill, Energy crisis, Energy independence, Europe, Exclusion, Flemish identity, Flemish sovereignty, Gas power plant, Groen = Green (B. pol. party), Ideological rival(s), Impact of behaviour, Inge Vervotte, Interest in politics, Jair Bolsonaro, John Rousseau, Karel Van Eetvelt, Left parties, Mercantilism, Nigel Farage, Nobility, Nuclear power, Open Vld (he Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats - Fl. lib. pol. party - Belgium), Political centre, Political parties, Politicians, Polluting countries, Protection for citizens, Right-wing groups, Right-wing politics, Rik Torfs, Russia-Ukraine War (2022), Social class, SP = Socialistische Partij (Fl. Socialist Party - Belgium), Threat of war, to be Deceived, United States of America, Vlaams Blok, Voice of the people, Vooruit (Forward - Fl. soc. democratic pol. party - Belgium, Vooruit (Forward - Fl. social democratic pol. party - Belgium), Western countries, Western World, Workers' Party of Belgium (PvdA)
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Emerging voices from choked society
Since the Covid outbreak, China has done everything possible to limit the damage to the population, but their draconian measures are quietly starting to turn against the government’s policies. Continue reading
Posted in Economy, History, News and Politics, World
Tagged 1989, 2021, 2022, Airport, Anti-vaxxer(s), Belgium, Bourgeois liberalism, Central quarantine facilities, Chen Duxiu, Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese national anthem, Corona measures, Covid restriction(s), CoViD-19, CoViD-19 pandemic, Cultural Revolution (Ch. pol. mov.), Economic depression, Economic Growth, Economic life, Economic reform(s), Elon Musk, Export, Gay, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution = Wuchanjieji Wenhua Dageming = Wu-ch’an Chieh-chi Wen-hua Ta Ke-ming, Guizhou = Kuei-chou = Kweichow (prov. S.W. China), Hu Yaobang = Hu Yao-pang, Hyper-capitalism, IKEA Shanghai, Jiang Zemin, Jilin = Kirin = Chilin province (formerly Manchuria - N.E. China), Li Dazhao, Lockdown, Mao Zedong = Mao Tse-tung, Medical operation, Nanjing = Nan-ching = Nanking (cap. city - Jiangsu sheng prov. - E.C. China), Netherlands, Omicron virus, Pacific island nations, Patriotism, People’s Republic of China (PRC) = China, Political Reforms, Pro-democracy protest(s), Prosperity, Revolutions of 1989, Shanghai = Shang-hai (city municipality - E.C. China), Shanghai Disney, Shenzhen = Shen-chen (city -S-C Guangdong sheng prov. - SE China), Sitong Bridge (N. 4th Ring Road - N. Beijing), Social Life, Social Living, Soviet communist regime, Supply chains, Tesla Inc. (Am. com.), Tiananmen Square, Tiananmen Square incident (1989), Tianjin = T’ien-ching = Tientsin (city - Tianjin prov. - N. China), Tianjin province = T’ien-ching = Tientsin (province N. China), Urumqi = Wulumuqi = Wu-lu-mu-ch’i = Ürümchi (cap. city - Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang - N.W. China), Wuhan lockdown, Xi Jinping, Xi’an = Hsi-an = hist. Chang’an (cap. city - Shaanxi sheng prov. N-C China), Zero-Covid policy, Zhao Ziyang = Chao Tzu-yang
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If everybody tries to beat inflation it gets worse
If one would listen a little more to the lower classes there would be less discontent among the workers and we would not have seen the kind of trade union actions we have seen this summer. Continue reading
Posted in Economy, News and Politics, World
Tagged 2008, 2022, Alexander De Croo, Andrew Bailey, Belgium, Boris Johnson, Brexit, British Tories, consumer price(s), consumer prices index, Cost of living, cost-of-living support measures, Energy bill, Energy costs, Energy prices, European Union, Food prices, France, Germany, Great Britain, Inflation, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Jonathan Ashworth, Kate Bell, Liz Truss, Lockdown, Paul Johnson, Poor, Poor people, Post-Brexit, Public services, Recession, Richard Burgon, Russia-Ukraine War (2022), Wage increase(s), Working people
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More care needed for older getting population
Contact with older people We all know and have contact with older people. Some of us also do belong to what is called the third or even the fourth age. In general, we can say that an ageing society isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Poverty, Welfare and Health
Tagged 1950, 3° Age, 4° Age, Ageing, Ageing society, Anti-vaxxer(s), Belgium, Care, Corona pandemic, CoViD-19 pandemic, Crossroad(s), Doctor(s), EESC, Elderly, employment condition(s), Epidemiology, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on the rights of the elderly, European Economic and Social Committee - EESC, European Pillar of Social Rights, European Public Service Union (EPSU), Getting older, Healthcare, Healthcare provider(s), indignities of old age, Kim De Witte, Life expectancy, Lifetime, Limitation, Loneliness, Long-term care system(s), Maciej Kucharczyk, Michaël De Gols, Nurse(s), Pandemic, Policymaker(s), Retirement system, Rights of the elderly, Statistics, to Support people's autonomy, Tuscany Bell, Union of Enterprises for Social Profit ASBL (UNISOC), Western Europe, Workers' Party of Belgium (PvdA), Working condition(s)
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Strasbourg – Conference on the Future of Europe
The EU brought people from different walks of life together on behalf of the EU institutions, using methodologies that ensure that they are representative of the EU’s diversity in terms of geographic origin, gender, age, socioeconomic background and level of … Continue reading
Posted in News and Politics, Welfare and Health
Tagged American democracy, Belgium, Climate change, Climate march(es), Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), Democracy, Dubravka Šuica, Elyes Ouerghi, Environmental damage, Europe, European Green Deal, European Union, Global Climate Strike, Guy Verhofstadt, Renewable energy, Right for animals, Right for children, Right for protection, Right for the climate, Right for the environment, Strasbourg, Ursula von der Leyen, Valentina Balzani
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Spanish green berets assisting at Kabul airport in the repatriation of civilian personnel from Afghanistan
A unit of the Special Operations Command (MOE) of the Spanish Army, better known as the ‘green berets’, is assisting at Kabul airport in the repatriation of civilian personnel from Afghanistan. The Spanish Defense Secretary Robles informed CadenaSer on Tuesday … Continue reading
Hungarian undermining of European freedoms
In Hungary, it has become very difficult when you feel born in a wrong body. It is not only illegal to change your gender, but it has become very difficult to talk about it with others. Educators can be fined … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, News and Politics, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged Alexander De Croo, Belgium, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, Democracy, Discrimination, Eastern Europe, European Commission, European Community, Evelyne Paradis, Fidesz, France, Gay propaganda, George Soros, Germany, Guy Verhofstadt, Homosexuality, Human Rights, Hungary, Ireland, LGBT people, LGBT rights, Luxembourg, Mutual respect, Netherlands, Racism, Respect, Sophie Wilmès, Spain, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), United Kingdom, Ursula von der Leyen, Viktor Orbán, Western Europe
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