Marcus Ampe
Some personal thoughts and reactions by Marcus Ampe.
Enkele persoonlijke gedachten en reacties van Marcus Ampe.
Giving hands – Working together – Fighting for the Future
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Guestspeaker
- 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?
- Much news — and too many voices
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Marcus Ampe
- Why certain people are so stubborn and keep going against the mainstream
- Why certain people don’t understand some things
- The madness of rewriting or reworking literature continues
- There is so much to do every day
- Betonrot in het huis van de democratie
- Low and high level of confidence
- What makes me most anxious
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Marcus Ampe presenting: Some View on the World
The National: Why Lebanon’s time-zone troubles are no laughing matter
Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
The National Editorial. Sunday’s news that Lebanon’s residents woke up in two different time zones led to jokes about “Muslim time” and “Christian time” but it also exemplified some of the problems facing the state. The government announced that the usual start of Daylight Saving Time would be delayed…Asharq Al-Awsat: Kremlin Time and Beirut Time
Originally posted on Levant's Agora:
By Ghassan Charbel. The world is living on Kremlin time. The decisions of its master leave their mark on the security of the planet and the prices of energy and grain. Experts agree that another year of the Russian war on Ukraine will be catastrophic to the world. Vladimir…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 […]
Find different writers on two sites founded by me
Recent Posts: From guestwriters
Since 2011 increases in life expectancy have slowed after decades of steady improvement
After World War II, we gradually saw an improvement in living conditions in Western Europe, Canada and the United States. After 1970, a large increase in elders made us hope that we could live longer. When we were little, someone of 60 years was an old “bomma” or “bompa”. Many of us have been past […]
Wat betekend wedergeboren uit water en geest?
Tegenover de wereldse geboorte staat een geestelijke geboorte die uit water en geest wordt beklonken.
The Importance of Self-Care in Today’s Busy World
Originally posted on Raising Me:
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. With constant demands from work, family, and social obligations, it’s no wonder that people often neglect their own self-care. However, taking care of oneself is crucial for overall health and well-being. In…Doing more
Originally posted on My blog full of dreams and thoughts:
What do you wish you could do more every day? Taking time for myself and practicing self-care is essential for maintaining physical, mental, and emotional health. It allows me to recharge and refocus, reducing stress levels and improving my overall well-being. Practicing self-care can take…A lack of responsibility for your life
A lack of responsibility for your life may show up in the following ways: pessimistic thinking, a victimized mentality, frequent arguments, indecision, stagnancy, and codependency. When we become responsible for our lives, we notice more things going in our favor. If you want to create a better quality of life, filled with peace and joy, […]
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…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
Bibeltextfragmente zur Zeit für dies und das
“Die Tage unserer Jahre, ihrer sind siebzig Jahre, und, wenn in Kraft, achtzig Jahre, und ihr Stolz ist Mühsal und Nichtigkeit, denn schnell eilt es vorüber, und wir fliegen dahin.” (Ps 90:10 ELB)“Stimme eines Sprechenden: Rufe! Und er spricht: Was soll ich rufen? “Alles Fleisch ist Gras, und alle seine Anmut wie die Blume des […]
Fragments bibliques par Temps pour ceci et cela
“Les jours de nos années s’élèvent à soixante-dix ans, Et, pour les plus robustes, à quatre-vingts ans ; Et l’orgueil qu’ils en tirent n’est que peine et misère, Car il passe vite, et nous nous envolons.” (Ps 90:10 LSG)“Une voix dit : Crie ! — Et il répond : Que crierai-je ? Toute chair est comme l’herbe, Et tout son éclat […]
Du temps pour ceci et cela
Dans nos vies, il y a un temps pour tout. Lorsque nous venons au monde, nous ne sommes conscients de rien et vivons simplement des choses alors que ce sont nos parents qui sont autorisés à vivre leur temps joyeusement lorsqu’ils ont un enfant. Cet enfant doit être élevé par eux là où il y […]
Bible fragments by Time for this and that
“The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.” (Ps 90:10 NHEB)“The voice of one saying, “Cry!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory […]
Time for this and that
In our lives, there is a time for everything. When we come into the world, we are not aware of anything and just experience things, while it is our parents who are allowed to live their time joyfully when having a child. That child must be brought up by them, where there are moments that […]
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: Islamic terrorists
A human drama set in Afghanistan
The American nation retreating Over the past few days, we here in the West have seen horrific images of unbelievably traumatic situations, which certainly cannot be ignored. The greatest American nation did as if they had to lose most of … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, Crisis, Economy, Education, History, News and Politics, Poverty, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged 1954, 1959, 1960, 1975, Afghan Transitional Administration, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda / al-Qaida, American soldier(s), Antiwar demonstration(s), Belgian Congo, Ben Wallace, Boris Johnson, Communism, Dien Bien Phu, European soldier(s), Europeans, Evacuation(s), Hamid Karzai, Hamid Karzai International Airport, Indochina, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Iraq War, Islamic terrorists, Joe Biden, Kabul, King Baudouin, NATO, Operation Frequent Wind, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Second Persian Gulf War, Sharia, Sharia law, Taliban, Taliban rule, Tan Son Nhat Airport, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vientamese evacuee(s), Viet Minh, Vietnam War, Vietnamese People's Air Force, Vo Nguyen Giap, Walter Cronkite, War on Terror
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At the closing hours of 2016 #1 Looking down at terror
2016 is quickly coming to its end. By many it shall not be forgotten soon. Lots of people in 2016 lost their beloved ones and got confronted with a lot of bloodshed. Though there is no World War going on … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, Crisis, Dagboek = Diary, History, News and Politics, Reflection - Consideration or Contemplation, Religion, Warning, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged 1920s, 1951, 1972, 1972 Summer Olympics, 1980s, 1984, 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack, 1985, 1990s, 1997 Empire State Building shooting, 2009 Fort Hood shooting, 2016, 2016 Nice attack, 9/11 = 2001 September 11, Alan Berg, Ansbach, Army of God (AOG-USA-Christian terrorist organization), Asylum seekers, Baader-Meinhof Group or Baader-Meinhof Gang, Belgian terrorists, Belgium, Black September Organization (BSO), Bombing of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple of Atlanta, Brabant killers or Nivelles Gang, Breitscheidplatz (Berlin), Brooklyn Bridge Shooting, Brussels, Brussels Airport, Brussels attacks, Capitol Hill massacre, Car ramming attacks, Charleston church shooting, Christmas market, Communist Combatant Cells (CCC), Communist terrrorists, Curtis Culwell Center attack, Dijon, Europe, Extreme right-wing organizations, Galleanist anarchists, Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple of Atlanta, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic terrorism, Islamic terrorists, Jewish Defense League, Jewish Museum (Brussels), Jihadism, Jihadist radicalism, Jihadist terrorism, Jihadists, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Maalbeek metro station, Maalbeek-Maelbeek, Munich, Nantes, Nice, Nice attack, Oklahoma City bombing, Palestinian terrorists, Paris, Private militia, Rote Armee Fraktion, Stanford University, Student Afro-American Society (1960 U.S.A. student activist movement), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS-U.S.A. student activist movement), Syria, Syrian asylum seekers, Syrian civil war, Terrorism, Terrorist organizations, Terrorists, The Order or Brüder Schweigen (Arian or White Nationalist group), Tours, Tulsa race riot, United States Capitol, United States of America, Valence (Drôme), Weatherman or Weather Underground Organization (WUO-American militant radical left-wing organization), Westland New Post (WNP), World Trade Center bombing, Zaventem
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For more than Three thousand people fifteen years ago this world came to an end
Today, fifteen years ago, in one nation thousands of people said good morning and said goodbye, never to think this would be their farewell kiss are last view of each other. What started as a sunny early September day, a … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, Crisis, Dagboek = Diary, History, News and Politics, Reflection - Consideration or Contemplation, World
Tagged 2001, 21° Century, 9/11 = 2001 September 11, Christian attitude, Fear, Islam, Islamic terrorists, Maurice Béjart, Moment of silence, New York, New York City, Peace, Pentagon, Terrorists, Twin Towers, United States, United States of America, World War
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Social media, sympathy & shocks
Sympathy In January last year we saw quickly arisen sympathetic reactions for what happened at the Charlie Hebdo headquarters, which sparked three days of bloodshed in the French capital. After the subsequent shootout at the Bataclan theatre in November — … Continue reading
Posted in B4Peace, History, News and Politics, Poverty, Religion, Upbringing and Education, Warning, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged #Ikwilhelpen, #JeSuisCharlie, #openhouse, #PrayforBrussels, #PrayforParis, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Anti-terror specialists, Bataclan theatre, Belgian authorities, Belgian intelligence forces, Belgian Law, Belgian politicians, Belgistan, Brussels, Brussels attacks, Brussels Gewest, Brussels-Capital region, Bureaucracy, Centre for Analysis of Terrorism, Charlie Hebdo, Co-operation, Communication, Daesh (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL), Discrimination, Diversification, El Hajjaji, Espace Poincare, Europe, Federal forces, Federal Police, Fouad Belkacem, Francoise Schepmans, Gendarmerie, Global events, Hashtag, Ibrahim El Bakraoui, Incompetence, Integration, Intelligence officer, Intelligence official, Interrogation techniques, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Civil War, Islamic State (IS), Islamic State militants, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic terrorists, Islamophobia, Jan Jambon, Je suis Charlie, Je suis Paris, Jean-Charles Brisard, Jihadi fighters, Jihadi recruitment networks, Jihadist cells, Jihadist groups, Jihadist ideology, Jihadist radicalism, Jihadist terrorism, Jihadists, Khalid El Bakraoui, Koen Geens, Liesbeth Homans, Local Police, Lockdown, Loopholes, Margaret Coker, Matthew Dalton, Mayor, Molenbeek, Muslim community (Ummah), Muslim population, Najim Laachraoui, Paramilitary police force, Paris, Parliamentarians, Police accountability, Police force, Radicalisation, Radicalism, Raqqa, Recruiter, Regions, Salafist organisation, Salah Abdeslam, Secret services, Security agencies, Segregated areas, Sharia4Belgium, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Social media, Solidarity, Solidarity of citizens, State police, Stigmatisation, Suicide attack, Suicide attackers, Sven Mary, Syria, Terrorist attack, Terrorists, to give Shelter, Turkey, Turkish authorities
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Are people willing to take the responsibility for others
Last few weeks I had many problems with my computer. Because of that, certain news messages I wanted to react on, did not get my response on this or on any other site of mine. Every day we could see … Continue reading
Posted in Crisis, Dagboek = Diary, News and Politics, Uncategorized, Welfare and Health, World
Tagged Afghanistan, Angela Merkel, António Guterres, Asylum seekers, Baby Boomers, Bashar al-Assad, Cheap labour, Civil Liberties Committee, Civil War, Claude Moraes, Corporate welfare, Displaced people, Europe, European citizens, European Commission, European Union, Extremists, Hassan Rouhani, Humanitarian assistance, Iraqi War, Islam, Islamic extremists, Islamic State militants, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic terrorists, Islamophobia, Israël, Lax attitude, Middle East, Migrants, Refugee crisis, Refugees of the Syrian civil war, Russia, Safe haven, Syria, Syrian civil war, Syrian refugees, Terrorists, UN refugee agency, Western Europe
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Cities not under fear but monuments feared
The stories, the videos, the acts of unfathomable brutality have become a defining aspect of ISIS, which controls a nation-size tract of land and has now pushed Iraq to the precipice of dissolution. Its adherents kill with such abandon that … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, News and Politics, Religion
Tagged 2006, 2013, 680, Aaron Zelin, al Qaeda, Beheadings, Blasphemy, Christian community, Christians, Cultural heritage, Ethiopian Christians, Hassan Rouhani, Holy shrines, Husayn ibn Ali, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic justice, Islamic militants, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic terrorists, Jihadists, John Cantlie, Karbala, Kurdish communities, Kurds, Libya, Mass beheadings, Mohammad Baqeri, Muslim blood, Polytheism, Propaganda, Qasem Soleimani, Roman Catholic Church, Samarra, Shi'ite, Shia Islam, Shia oppression, Shi’ism, Shiites, Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamists, Sunnism, to Embrace Islam, War of extermination, World patrimony
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