Author Archives: Bert Hielema

October 13 2021  JOY  I love Frances, the no-nonsense Pope. He tells his clerical cohorts – who love to talk – to have 800 words sermons, because after 8 minutes the gathered flock falls asleep with open eyes, so stop … Continue reading →

October 13 2021  JOY  I love Frances, the no-nonsense Pope. He tells his clerical cohorts – who love to talk – to have 800 words sermons, because after 8 minutes the gathered flock falls asleep with open eyes, so stop … Continue reading →

IS ATONEMENT ON THE AGENDA AT COP 26? Twenty-Six Times, every year since 1995, have thousands of delegates, representing the nations of the entire world, gathered to combat the ever more expanding CLIMATE CHANGE and GLOBAL HEATING.  We have now come to … Continue reading →

JESUS AND THE CHURCH I have this book to which I return at least once a year: The Hidden Face of God, written by a Jewish Professor of Hebrew, Dr. Richard Elliott Friedman. In it he frequently quotes both the Old- … Continue reading →

A PANDEMIC OF PANDEMICS My brother DREWES in the Hague, the Netherlands, sends me every month the digital copy of Civis Mundi, a Dutch periodical for Social Philosophy and Culture. From its latest #113, I translated an article by Dr. … Continue reading →

THE CHURCH: A HISTORIC ABERRATION? I am not a theologian, nor a church historian of any sort. I confess to be a Christian, and I believe that Christ is the Son of God, fully human, fully divine, who died on … Continue reading →