Author Archives: Bert Hielema

CHAOS OR COSMOS: A CHOICE The word Chaos is perhaps best described by its opposite: Cosmos. Where Cosmos indicates something wholesome and harmonious, pictures an orderly and logical situation, and illustrates a simple and coherent solution, in my Greek dictionary … Continue reading →

A BIT ABOUT GOD Let me start on a personal note. First thing I do after breakfast is scan the lectionary for the day, select a text from either the Old-, a Psalm or the New Testament, and write 500 … Continue reading →

APOCALYPSE “The lifestyles of around three average Americans will create enough planet-heating emissions to kill one person, and the emissions from a single coal-fired power plant are likely to result in more than 900 deaths, according to the first analysis to calculate … Continue reading →

DOES THE BIBLE PREDICT CLIMATE CHANGE? Can the Bible tell us what will happen in the weather? Yes. I sincerely believe that The Abomination that causes Desolation refers to today’s atmospheric conditions. The phrase appears in Daniel in the Old Testament, and … Continue reading →

DEPRESSING Last week I left my rural location, midway between Ottawa and Toronto, for the first time this year, and, thanks to my oldest daughter and her husband, who almost every week come to visit for a few days, I … Continue reading →

ARE WE READY?   I love Bonhoeffer who, ever since he came back from the USA where he had been offered a comfortable position at Union Seminary, knew that by returning in 1939, to Hitler-ruled Germany his chances of surviving the … Continue reading →