Silent Time
Welcome to Silent Time, the opportunity to think on what is important in life.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 1357
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The word became a human being
“The word became a human being” – what do you think about that statement? It sounds like a strange combination of words. But St. John explains and points well towards the saviour Jesus Christ.
Judge justly – or not at all
Judge justly – or even better: do not judge others at all. Better to show mercy to others and to offer them new beginnings if someone has done wrong, because with the same measure we judge others, we…
Light dawning
Who can expect good things to happen in the long term future?
People riding over our heads
Since God has all power and is at the same time merciful, does it not mean that we should be free of trouble? Far from that. God does not promise a trouble-free life. In fact the word of God prepares…
What do you hope for?
What do you hope for? To pass an exam or to graduate? Or looking forward to a promotion in the job? Or do you look for health or for peace in the family?
Whatever it might be, the biggest hope is in …
A record of misery
A record of misery - a strange title, isn't it? After all, why would anyone talk about a record misery?
Hardly anyone wants to talk about it, and yet, if we look back in our life, how many miseries h…
Have you spent recent days in sorrow or in joy?
Have you spent recent days in sorrow or in joy?
Whatever the current circumstances are, there are many things to be thankful for to the Lord, most of all for the great victory that he has won on the …
World versus Word
A lot of resources are wasted in the world by rivalry, as people try to be relatively better-off than others.
Envy, selfishness and peer-pressure destroy, but the ways of the Lord build up lives.
Receiving power
Receiving power – what a great promise! The word of Lord tells us for example in the book of Acts that we can receive the power of the Holy Spirit, courage and energy even for the most difficult situ…
Do not throw away your confidence
Even throughout the toughest times of life, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. Do not give up your confidence and the trust in the Lord God Almighty.
2 bull calves made of gold
Throughout history and sadly still today there have been cases where many need to suffer because a few leaders or rulers egoistically try to increase their own influence and power.
In which mood?
In which mood do you turn to the Lord, specifically for communion?
In whatever mood and with all kinds of emotions we can turn to the Lord – important is that we turn to him at all. The communion can…
I know whom you are looking for
“I know whom you are looking for” – is it not strange to say that? How can you know whom someone else is looking for? Sometimes we may guess by the circumstances. But in the original context of those…
Do not forget how kind he is
We tend to have in mind the things that we lack in life. But considering that there have been times when people had barely enough to survive, and still today many have to live under severe conditions…
The motivation
The motivation – what motivates you, what do you essentially seek in life?
What is the heaviest weight?
What is the heaviest weight? We may think of the weight-lifters, they can impressively lift up weights that an average person can not lift up. But the heaviest weight is something else that not even …
Do not pay attention to them
In recent weeks, what has dominated your thoughts? Maybe something went wrong and you still think about it? Or positive things that you look forward to?
Many things try to grab our attention, so at t…