Author Archives: Bert Hielema

DARE TO……..…. A few days ago, at the (new) Tweed Library the librarian handed me a book she had just received: Elizabeth Kolbert’s UNDER THE WHITE SKY, THE NATURE OF THE FUTURE. I have her previous book, THE SIXTH EXTINCTION, … Continue reading →

EXTINCTION: US, WE, OURSELVES When I was small, I wanted to become a missionary in what then was called The Netherlands East Indies, now Indonesia. Our denomination had two missionaries there, in a remote part of Celebes called Toratja Land, … Continue reading →

MONEY For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. 1 Timothy 6: 10 Bitcoin? Is that money? Gold? Is that money maybe? Or Silver? Those shiny, stainless-steel looking coins, which were the ancient means of … Continue reading →

PRAYER AND MY BODY. I am a ‘new earth’ person. The concept of the coming new creation plays a decisive role in my life. I even wrote an entire novel imagining this situation. Just Google: “Bert Hielema, Day without End.” … Continue reading →

IS THE MEGAMACHINE THE ANTICHRIST? There’s a new book out: “The End of the Megamachine”, written originally in German by Fabian Scheidler, now translated into English. In it Scheidler attempts to retrace the entire history of our civilization under the umbrella … Continue reading →

IS GOD DEAD? Is God dead? That’s what Nietzsche thought. In his Thus spoke Zarathustra he wrote”, “I conjure you, my brethren, REMAIN TRUE TO THE EARTH (Capitals in the original) and believe not those who speak unto you of … Continue reading →