Author Archives: Bert Hielema

November 4 2023 THE CASE FOR CAUTION. My father was a successful businessman and entrepreneur, until he wasn’t. He failed to detect a radical change in his market, at the very time when he took on debt to finance an … Continue reading →

October 28 2023 My BACK IS SORE.  In our world we have opted for comfort and ease: it’s easy to prepare meals, it’s easy to be entertained, it’s easy to move from one place to another, it’s easy to provide … Continue reading →

October 21 2023 CHAOS CAUSES CHAOS, BECAUSE….. EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. Chaos in US congress. Chaos in the world’s weather. Chaos in Ukraine. Chaos in the Middle East. Chaos in many families. Chaos in the most church denominations. … Continue reading →

October 14 2023 Poems are made by fools like me. But only God can make a tree.                                                                                  Anonymous Here is a foolish example: We live in times of deepest gloom,  With covid, wars and climate doom,  the future looks so dire … Continue reading →

October 7 2023. Do we need another ‘religious’ revolution? Some 3200 years ago, a mere 120 generations, the first God/Creator-monotheistic revolutionary religion was born, when God appeared to Moses in the burning bush. 600 years later, Zarathustra, on whom Nietzsche … Continue reading →

September 30 2023 WHERE IS GOD?  Some theological musings. “The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind”, says Psalm 115:16, yet, as Psalm 24 attests: The earth is the Lord and all that it contains. A contradiction? No. … Continue reading →