Author Archives: Bert Hielema

January 3 2016 2016 Anno Domini –in the year of the Lord Horae, dies, menses, anni, sicut umbrae fugiunt. That is Latin. It means: hours, days, months, years, are as fleeting as shadows. A new year. A Dutch song plays … Continue reading →

DECEMBER 27 2015 DOES CHRISTIANITY NEED ANOTHER PARADIGM SHIFT? (I am struggling with this idea: comments are appreciated.) 2000 years ago there was indeed a paradigm shift in the concept of what was seen as the true religion, one from … Continue reading →

December 20 2015 ARE WE ABLE TO MANAGE THE EARTH? The world is old, very old. The most prolific species on earth were and still are trees. In early days these trees gave the earth perfect health in the form … Continue reading →

December 13 2015 Is there still a Christian Life Style? Many a moon ago Francis Schaeffer wrote a book entitled “How then shall we live?” concentrating on Bible reading and prayer, not unlike the way the orthodox Jews and the … Continue reading →

December 6 2015 ARE WE READY FOR A PANDEMIC? A super El Niño is on the way. El Niño is Spanish for the child. It is the name climate scientists have given the occasional periods of Pacific Ocean warming that … Continue reading →

November 29 2015 COP 21: A COP-OUT? Tomorrow the much anticipated conference – COP 21- on Climate Change starts in Paris, the scene of these brutal attacks on innocent people a few weeks ago. Of course the word ‘innocent’ is … Continue reading →