Peter's Path
Peter's Path
Peter
Peter's Path is my personal endeavour to live a life of purpose through hiking, reading, and embracing the beauty of nature, faith, and ideas.
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Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote Surprised by Joy. It is the story of his early life and his slow conversion to Christianity. Lewis describes his childhood in Ireland, his difficult school days, his time in the army during the First...
Hiked part 14/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 17.8 kilometres from Kootwijk to Hoenderloo. This stage takes you through the heart of the Veluwe, straight through beautiful heathlands and sand drifts such as the Hoog Buurlosche Heide and...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote Compelling Reason. This book is a collection of many essays on ethics, theology, and clear thinking. The pieces were written between 1940 and 1962. Lewis defends reason and objective values against the...
Hiked part 13/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 15.9 kilometres from Hoog Soeren to Kootwijk. You walk on wide paths through gently sloping forests and along the Asselsche Heide. It is part of the Crown Domains, in the past intended for...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote That Hideous Strength. It is the third and final book in his Space Trilogy. The story takes place on Earth. A young couple, Mark and Jane Studdock, get caught in a battle between good and evil. A...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote Perelandra. It is the second book in his Space Trilogy. Dr Elwin Ransom travels to Perelandra, the name for Venus. He finds a perfect, unfallen world of floating islands and golden seas. The planet has...
Hiked part 12/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 17.8 kilometres from Vaassen to Hoog Soeren. In Vaassen, the centuries-old Cannenburgh castle boasts avenues and a stately park forest. You walk along streams that power water mills and...
Hiked part 11/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 16.2 kilometres from Vierhouten to Vaassen. From Vierhouten the trail leads through pine and spruce forest onto the wide open heathland, dotted with solitary Scots pines under dramatic skies....
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote Out of the Silent Planet. It is the first book in his Space Trilogy. Dr Elwin Ransom is kidnapped by two ambitious scientists and taken by spaceship to Mars, called Malacandra by its people. Ransom...
Hiked part 10/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 7.7 kilometres from Elspeet to Vierhouten. From Elspeet you walk past thatched-roof farms and green pastures before entering the vast Elspeetsche Heide, one of the largest heathlands on the...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote Miracles. He takes on the difficult question of whether miracles can actually happen. Lewis argues that a purely natural world cannot explain our ability to reason. He shows that if nature is all there...
Hiked part 9/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 16.6 kilometres from Leuvenum to Elspeet. From Leuvenum you follow the Leuvenumse Beek, a stream that once powered nine mills, through quiet forest. After crossing the vast Staverdense Heide...
Hiked part 8/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 14.7 kilometres from Putten centrum to Leuvenum. On this route you will pass four significant heathlands, Groevenbeekse Heide, Ermelose Heide, Westeindsche Heide and Elspeetsche Heide, where...
Hiked part 7/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 13.1 kilometres from Garderen to Putten centrum. The Speulder and Sprielderbos still partly consists of the old, communally managed malebos. The forest between Garderen and Putten has been a...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote The Problem of Pain. He faces the hard question of why pain exists if God is good and all-powerful. Lewis starts with the nature of God and human free will. He shows how pain often acts as God's...