Author Archives: Bert Hielema

DECEMBER 8 2021 PREPARE YE… The church needs new songs, songs preparing its members for the new creation, the future of God’s people. That singing is crucial is plain from 2 Chronicles 20, where Israel was threatened by a powerful … Continue reading →

December 1 2021 I AM AN “EARTHER”. In my church, St. Andrew’s Tweed, hangs a large Celtic Cross, crafted by one of our parishioners. A Cross is Celtic when it has an orb, a circle at its center, symbolizing that … Continue reading →

November 24 2021 WHAT IS “CHRISTIAN?” A few weeks ago, I received a mailing from the Christian School Foundation, a Canadian body with the aim to help Canada’s Christian School movement. To me it generated a somewhat adverse effect, a … Continue reading →

November 17 2021          A MESSENGER OF SATAN. It’s not often that I discover something new while in church. It wasn’t the minister’s words either, although he listed the passage, but then left it unread and unexplained, but to me it … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 10 2021 NOBODY, NOTHING EVER DISAPPEARS. The COP 26 Conference has a problem: nothing ever disappears. We too could have a problem: nobody ever disappears. The entire 2 weeks get-together of the world’s problem solvers, cannot cure the matter … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 3 2021 IT’S PAYBACK TIME: NOTHING COMES FREE. COP26 is on the way. The media are full with reports of boom and doom: boom for the solar and wind industries and electric cars manufacturers, and doom by the ‘too … Continue reading →