Author Archives: Bert Hielema

June 1 2022 DOWN TO EARTH. I am very fortunate in that I have a large property with lots of trees, and enough open space to cultivate a patch of earth. I also have a well – some 70 feet, … Continue reading →

May 25 2022 THE FOUR GALLOPING HORSES. The last Bible book, Revelation, is big on horses: horses of different colors, white, black, red, pale. They are feared because they foreshadow the last days of the world we live in, and … Continue reading →

May 18 2022 WHERE IS GOD? “Where is God?”, Jesus wondered when he was dying. “Where is God”, people ask, when they see a senseless war in Eastern Europe. “Where is God”, we wondered, when the future of the most … Continue reading →

May 11 2022 EYES HAVE THEY, BUT…… I love the Tweed Library. It is new, it is spacious, the staff is superb: I can order any book not among its extensive volumes. I can read the periodicals to which I … Continue reading →

May 4 2022 HEAVEN AND HELL. Every May I am reminded of May 1945, when my city, Groningen, the Netherlands, was freed from German occupation, after a battle that destroyed a major portion of its historic centre. On May 5 … Continue reading →

April 27 2022 TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Ugo Bardi, a chemistry professor in Florence, Italy, UC Berkeley trained, member of the Club of Rome, last week, wrote: “The Roman Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca lived in difficult times, not unlike ours. … Continue reading →