Hinne Wagenaar studied theology in the Netherlands and at Union Seminary in New York, taught theology in Cameroon, but then returned to his roots in the Frisian countryside where he started a new worshipping community rooted in the old, Medieval church building in this farmer town with 350 inhabitants. This church plant grew into a monastic community that rebuilt the monastery that once had stood outside of town. With Rev. Wagenaar we speak about language and silence, the importance of speaking to God in our own mother tongue, and monastic life as a means of new missional outreach at the edge of church and secular society.

To see and read more about Nykleaster (“new monastery”), see: https://nijkleaster.frl/en/

For Hinne Wagenaar, see his essays in English: https://hinnewagenaar.frl/articles-english/