Author Archives: Bert Hielema

August 25 2020 COME HELL OR HIGH WATER…. Come what may, no matter how bad, whatever unnatural calamity occurs, we will not alter our way of life, because our mindset is frozen. If it takes Hell or High Water, Hell … Continue reading →

AUGUST 14 2020 TINA? TINA is the new-old-acronym. Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady of England, casted the expression when she proclaimed: “There Is No Alternative” (to the Capitalistic system.) And, yes, the terrible truth is that she was right: we … Continue reading →

 August 5 2020 Always plan for theworst case scenario Forty-five years ago – 1975 – our family moved to the municipality of Tweed, about midway Toronto-Ottawa, both some 200 km away, too far to walk. That was a time when … Continue reading →

July 25 2020 LOVE: IMPOSSIBLE? I have been thinking about LOVE lately. “All we need is LOVE”, the Beatles sang.  C. S. Lewis, in his “The Four Loves”, said that some people are glad the English language uses both the … Continue reading →

July 15 2020  PREPARE YE……… Our world is in an overshoot situation. Overshoot? Imagine a car that missed a turn and is now precariously suspended over a cliff where at any moment it can clatter down, as the slightest movement … Continue reading →

July 5 2020 WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHAT TO DO. “The Harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not (yet) saved.”                                                 Jeremiah 6: 20 This anguishing outcry portrays our isolation and exile. It signifies our anxiety stemming … Continue reading →