Some funerals differ from some weddings only in that there is one drunk less.

— Beat Rink (b. 1957), Pfarrer, Gründer der Künstlerinitiative Crescendo, Künstlerseelsorger und Autor

Source: Markus M. Ronner, Der treffende Geistesblitz, Ott Verlag, Thun, Ausgabe 1990, ISBN 3-7225-6128-0

Topics: Time & Transience, Wisdom & Understanding

Beat Rink

Beat Rink (* 1957) ist ein Schweizer evangelisch-reformierter Pfarrer, Künstlerseelsorger und Autor aus Basel. Er gründete 1985 das internationale Kulturschaffenden- und Musikernetzwerk „Crescendo“ und setzt sich seither für die Verbindung von christlichem Glauben, Theologie und zeitgenössischer Kunst ein. Bibellesenden begegnet er vor allem durch sprachlich geschliffene Aphorismen und geistliche Kurzbetrachtungen, die theologische Themen in poetischer Form reflektieren.

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