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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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...
Hiked part 6/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 9.6 kilometres from Kootwijk to Garderen. This short stage leads you from Kootwijk to Garderen, with a beautiful view of the enk. In the drifting sand area of Maanschoten near Uddel there is a...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote The Four Loves. He looks at four natural ways people love. These are affection, friendship, eros, and charity. Lewis explains each one with care. He shows their strengths and their dangers. Affection...
Hiked part 5/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 13.9 kilometres from Otterlo to Kootwijk. From Otterlo you walk to the Harskamp, which is best known for the army of soldiers who have been based here since 1893. Here in the Gelderse Vallei...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote The Abolition of Man. It began as three lectures in 1943. Lewis looks at a school textbook that teaches children to dismiss emotions as mere feelings. He calls this book the Green Book. Lewis says such...
Hiked part 4/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 17.3 kilometres from Lunteren to Otterlo. From Lunteren, experienced by its inhabitants as a close-knit village, you walk to what was designated the geographical center of the Netherlands in...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote The Great Divorce. He tells the story as a dream. Souls in Hell get a chance to visit Heaven for one day. A bus takes them there. Each person meets someone from Heaven who tries to help them stay. But...
Hiked part 3/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 16.8 kilometres from Planken Wambuis to Lunteren. Hike report Map Details DataValue FromPlanken Wambuis ToLunteren Distance16.8 km Duration4h 7m Speed4.08 km/h Elevation gain229 m Weather9°C,...
Posts The following posts were written last month. Books Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Development E2EE Backend part 3: Passkeys with the PRF Extension...
Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote Mere Christianity. He gave the talks on BBC radio during the war. Lewis puts aside church rules that divide people. He focuses on the core of the faith. The book starts with how people know right from...
Hiked part 2/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 20.5 kilometres from Wolfheze to Planken Wambuis. Starting at the Airborne memorial in Wolfheze, this stage crosses open farmland and quiet meadows before following wooded streams through...
Happy Easter to all of you. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. - Matthew 28:6 Let us remember what Easter truly means. Easter marks the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ....
Hiked part 1/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 19.1 kilometres from Arnhem to Wolfheze. At the foot of the Arnhem moraine you can walk in one of the most beautiful city parks in our country: Park Sonsbeek. This 'pearl of the Veluwezoom' is...