Author Archives: Bert Hielema

July 29 2023 Want to live long? Want to live forever? The first question is easily answered: Follow the rules listed below. However, to eat well is not easy, because BB-Big Business- conspires to prevent that. Roughly 60 percent of … Continue reading →

July 22 2023 THE RISE OF RELIGION-LESS CHRISTIANITY “I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me. Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. (Amos 5: 21-22) … Continue reading →

July 15 2023.  WIR KONNTEN NICHTS TUN. (We could do nothing) On May 13 I wrote that “The next six months will decide the fate of the world”. Now, on July 15, it is perfectly clear that the future looks … Continue reading →

July 8 2023 OUR DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. The God thou servest is thine own appetite. (Doctor Faustus) A deal with the Devil (also called a pact with the Devil, Faustian bargain, or Mephistophelian bargain) is a cultural motif exemplified by the legend of Faust and the … Continue reading →

July 1 2023 I am worried. ‘Sinning against creation is sinning against God’.  An Iowa meteorologist is resigning from his television station because he developed post-traumatic stress disorder after threats over his climate change coverage.   Jeremiah 26 has a similar story. This … Continue reading →

June 24 2023 THE RUSH IS ON. From my student days a Greek saying pops up after 75 years: panta rhei, oude menei, which translates as ‘everything (panta), flows (rhei), nothing (oude), menei (remains the same). (The rivers Rhine and … Continue reading →