Europe’s discussion about justice problems – perspectives – visions

Abstract

My wife and I were kept waiting at Schiphol Airport for our son to arrive from Accra. He had been there for three weeks as a steward at WARC’s General Council in August 2004. We saw that the KLM flight had landed so we could expect our son to come at any moment. It took a long time since he had decided to drink a coffee with a few of his fellow-stewards who had an ongoing flight from Amsterdam. In the mean time the delegation of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) had arrived. Knowing them I had a short conversation with them. They were clearly unhappy with many aspects of the past General Council. Not in the least with how the acceptance of the Accra Confession had gone. It was a short conversation but it showed a condensed level of bitterness and concern.