Creation

Creation/Science
How do we view the relation between these two? It's a source of lots of debate, sometimes very heated.
Here's a quote from Karl Barth.
"There is free scope for natural science beyond what theology describes as the work of the Creator. And theology can and must move freely where science which is really science, and not secretly a pagan Gnosis or religion, has its appointed limits." Church Dogmatics, III, part 1, page X.

In her book "Absence of Mind," M. Robinson gets at this similarly when she speaks of science and parascience. Parascience would be religion posing as science.

Family Tree, Groen side.
Allan Groen, dob 29/4/1940
Barbara Groen, dob 9/8/1941
Father: Johannes Groen, dob 22/3/1913
Mother: Fenna Bogert, dob 25/4/1915.
Children:
Allan
Rose
Peter
Keith
Jim (Wytze)
AnneJan
Yvonne
Paternal grandmother: Trijntje Groen Beetstra, dob 08/02/1885 Sneek, Friesland; dod: 04/11/1943, Sneek, Friesland, age 58
Married 23/5/1908 to:
Paternal grandfather: Ale Groen dob 31/01/1884, Wymbristeradeel, Friesland; dod
22/5/1956, Sneek, Friesland age 72
Children:
Cornelis
Wytze
Johannes
Trijntje
Richard
Jelle
Willem
Maternal great-grandmother: Trijntje Lammertsma, dob 22/3/1858, Sneek, dod
01/08/1951, Sneek, age 93.
Married 29/06/1879 to:
Maternal great-grandfather: Wijtze Beetstra, dob 26/9/1845, Sneek, dod 10/0/1917, Sneek
age 71.
Children:
Beeuwkje, dob 15/2/1880; dod 31/7/1958
Trijntje: dob 04/9/1881; dod 12/12/1884
Vogeltje: dob 05/10/1883 dod 21/7/1884
Trijntje dob 08/02/1885 Sneek, Friesland; dod 04/11/1943, Sneek,
Friesland, age 58
Ridzerd: dob 22/6/1887
Lammert: dob 30/6/1890
Vogeltje: dob: 27/9/1892; dod 09/5/1897
Trijntje Lammertsma, daughter ofLammert Lammertsma and Trijntje Volbeda.
Married 26/09/1879
Wytze Beetstra, son ofRidzerd Beetstra and Trijntje Westerterp.
Ale Groen (my grandfather)
Father: Comelis Johannes Groen
Mother: Willemke Schildstra
Grandfather: Johannes Comelis Groen, dob 8 Sept 1815: dod 28 Nov. 1891
Grandmother: Jacobje Jans Idzinga, dob: 22 Oct 1820; dod 14 Jan 1909.
Trijntje Groen (my grandmother)
Father: Wytze Beetstra: dob: 27 Sept 1845; dod: 10 Sept 1917
Mother: Trijntje Lammertsma: dob 22 March 1958; dod: 15 Feb 1950.
Trijntje's grandfather: Lammert Lammersma
grandmother: Trijntje Volbeda.

Barbara in her wedding finery. She looked great! I regret we did not have a photographer. We thought we couln't afford it. Grrr...

This is opa Ale Groen, in front of Wouda's meelfabriek, Sneek. The factory is long since gone. Opa used a "woman's" bike in this later years, because he was very short, and could not get on a "man's" bike. I remember it took quite some persuasion to get him to relent to using this bike! Men--they don't know what is good for them.

Barbara, Evelyn and Wilbur Schmidt. Look at those curls! Barbara and Wilbur are twins. In case you are wondering, no, they are not identical twins.

Tinie and Wytze Groen; my, they sure knew how to dress up in those days--again, for a wedding.

Oma and Opa Ale and Trijntje Groen in their formal finery, for someone's wedding, but I don't know whose.

These are my parents; I think the pictures were taken prior to their marriage.

Barbara and I, on our wedding day, June 8, 1964, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

This is my dad's family. My grandmother, Trijntje Beetstra Groen, and my grandfather, Ale Groen. In the back row, l to r, Tante Tinie, my dad, Johannes, oom Cornelis, oom Wytze and oom Ridzerd. Front row, left, oom Willem and right, oom Jelle.

These are my parents, Johannes Groen and Feikje Bogert, on their wedding day. These are the steps at the City Hall, Sneek, The Netherlands.

This is a picture of Barbara and Wilbur with their grandfathers. Grandfather Sinner, on the left, is holding Barbara, and grandfather Sinner is holding Wilbur. Taken in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

12 Prospect Street, Bowmanville, Ontario. Dad and mom bought this house. It is basically a two story brick house, but mom got talked into having it covered with the white aluminum siding you see now. It used to have a garage of sorts, basically an old shack. This was the first house we lived in that had running water, a flush toilet, and a gas furnace. It felt a bit like living in the lap of luxury. However, my brother Eddy and dad did not get to live here long; they both passed away in the same year.
Dad's funeral was on Christmas Eve. On Boxing Day our pastor, Dominee A. Schaafsma and a deacon came to talk to mom and me. The deacons had a collection for us, and there was enough to pay down the entire mortgage. What an incredible gift from this immigrant congregation. It allowed mom to keep her head above water, financially. Even so, life as a widow with seven kids was tough for mom.

Our family lived in this house in Orono, Ontario, in the mid 1950's. It was a huge place, I remember it being drafty and cold in the winter time. The only heat we had was the wood stove in the kitchen, and an oil stove we used mostly on Sundays. It had no running water, and thus the toilet facilities were limited, to say the least. We had to go across the street to get water from a well. Originally the house served as a drug store. Now it has been divided into three dwelling units. Across the street, just down the hill is the Orono park, with a swimming pool. Dad worked at the local bakery, and when he got a job in Oshawa, we moved to Bowmanville. I think our parents chose Bowmanville because mom had been hired to teach at the Christian School there.

This is the house in Pontypool, Ontario, where the Groen family lived for a year or two. Atone time it was United Church manse. When we live there, it housed two immigrant families. In the front part I remember the Langeraks and the VanDijks. Attached to the house is a large wood shed, and behind it there was a small barn from the horse and buggy days. One day, two boys were playing in the barn. They decided they need a little fire to liven things up; soon the fire was a large fire, and the barn was reduced to ashes.