Author Archives: Bert Hielema

SEPTEMBER 8 2018 MY STRUGGLE I grew up in a time in the Netherlands when all facets of my family life were ruled by RELIGION: I attended Christian schools on all levels. My father was a member of a Christian … Continue reading →

SEPTEMBER 1 2018 Globe and Mail HEADLINE. “Things have never been so good for humanity, nor so dire for the planet”. “The secret of great wealth with no obvious source is some forgotten crime, forgotten because it was done neatly.” … Continue reading →

AUGUST 25 2018 THE TWO WITNESSES, CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE, and NEAR TERM EXTINCTION Revelation 11 has this strange story about two witnesses who appear out of nowhere, get a pretty good reception at first, then are killed, their bodies publicly … Continue reading →

August 18 2018 HATE AND HERESY “Stronger than lover’s love is lover’s hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.” Euripides, Greek poet 480 BC –406 BC “Heresy is a form of intellectual stubbornness, the refusal to abandon a mistaken … Continue reading →

AUGUST 11 2018 WHO IS TO BLAME FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: CAPITALISM or HUMAN NATURE or??? The New York Times, its magazine insert on the August 5 Sunday Edition, had a 31,000 word essay – more like a small book – … Continue reading →

AUGUST 4 2018 “DO YOU THINK SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO CAN NEVER BE FORGIVEN?” I found that question in Donna Leon’s novel “Earthly Remains”. One of the main characters, whose wife had died of cancer, and whose bees … Continue reading →