Author Archives: Bert Hielema

How long, before God pulls the plug? I am an avid surveyor of the daily news, always on the lookout for items that pertain to creation, God’s work of art, which he has entrusted to us for safe-keeping. In this … Continue reading →

THE SILENCING OF SILENCE. In September 1975, now almost 50 years ago, our family moved from urban St. Catharines, Ontario, a city close to Niagara Falls, to rural Tweed, half-way between Toronto and Ottawa, both some 200km away. Several factors … Continue reading →

 THE WEATHER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY……… We hear weather announcements in every newscast, always preceded by a commercial. Nothing new in that. Frankly we are bombarded with news trivia, while the real news, something that will lead to a … Continue reading →

RELIGION AND ME. I admit it: I go to church each Sunday morning, done that since I was 4 years old, when I lived in the Netherlands’ most northerly City, Groningen, a university town since 1614, now with some 30,000 … Continue reading →

EVERYTHING IN OUR WORLD IS FAKE. Everything in our Western world is fake. Nothing is real. It’s different elsewhere. My wife and I spent some time in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. Some 30 years ago, … Continue reading →

ANOTHER SIGN: THE FINAL REFORMATION. Years, no, decades ago, in the late fifties and early sixties of the previous century, when our family lived in St. Catharines, Ontario, there was an air of spiritual renewal hanging under the skies in … Continue reading →