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Thirty Days of Light

March 18, 2011 By Janneke

More Light, Tapestry of Life after World War II

When life gets tangled, as it does from problems looming large, and often from the little snarled up problems which seem like too much, I think of Carol King's song My Life Has been a Tapestry... Then I think of the Tapestry Metaphor for all of us spiritual beings living in a physical world. Bet …

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March 17, 2011 By Janneke

30 Days of Light – Prayer for Japan

Who prays for Japan? All of us, I hope. Here is a special prayer. Fred, my wonderful octogenarian friend who survived the World War II Japanese concentration camps (Jappenkampen) in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) sent this to me. He does not recall having a sense of faith while in the camps. …

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March 12, 2011 By Janneke

30 Days of Light – Japan

Japan for me today, sorrow about the severe quake. Here is only one photo of wreckage, and nearby, we hope, are those who are being found and rescued. Japan through the years for my father and family --  some of  my family are survivors of Japanese concentration camps which imprisoned Europeans in …

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Janneke Jobsis Brown
Following Shadows is inspired by my own story. As a survivor of an international childhood with parents who were World War II survivors, I know the generational after-effects of starvation and slave labor in Japanese concentration camps for my father, and the terror of Nazi occupation for my mother. I know the challenges of struggling to feel at home across three countries: The Netherlands, Iran and America.

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