Big news: The steppe is blooming

“Big news for you” series!“in 2023

Years ago — I've written about it before — I had a serious car accident. Amazingly, I survived that; and all in all, it was easy to live with. But still, feelings of anxiety and uncertainty, depression and loneliness continued to play a major role in my life (from time to time).

Not long after, I joined a choir in the church that I was part of at the time. We went there to sing a musical about the Song of Solomon. One of the songs in it was a song by Huub Oosterhuis. The first verse was written using a text from Isaiah 35. A song with a lot of personal recognition, was that even then.

Last Easter Sunday, the author of this song passed away. Because he had a lot of influence in the church — both Roman Catholic and Protestant — this also received media attention. One aspect was a special broadcast of the KRO-NCRV program Peter in the country : bitly/Remains .

While preparing that program, the editors posted an appeal on various social media: share it with us, if you have a special memory of a song by Huub Oosterhuis. And yes that's where my response was online.

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