the poems are about god who speaks to us in different ways as through his creation, the bible and through his son jesus christ. he who listens carefully hears the voice of god in creation. as human beings we are formed by his words. eveline van amstel was born in 1969 in delft. she studied dutch an history in rotterdam. then she taught at various secondary schools. she started her own language school in 2015 and in 2016 she obtained her certificate dutch as a second language at the free university of amsterdam.