Author Archives: Bert Hielema

  April 27 2014. WHERE ARE WE? Part Two  IS EVER GREATER ECONOMIC GROWTH THE ORIGINAL SIN? Barack Obama was one man who was influenced by a sermon. In 2004, as a senator, he recalled that his pastor, the Rev. … Continue reading →

Where are we? Part one. General Overview. Of course the question of Where are We is not a difficult one if it is a matter of location, especially if we are the proud owner of a GPS instrument. A few … Continue reading →

  JOB Then and JOB Now: Conclusion part 3 To view all three parts go to www.hielema.ca/blog The End is in the Beginning. JOB’s three so-called friends, later joined by a fourth, fanatically believed in the equivalent of the North … Continue reading →

JOB Then and JOB Now Part 2. The End is in the Beginning. Why do I blog? ‘JOB Now’, meaning we and our world, is entering a ‘JOB Then’ situation, indicating cosmic disasters. Scientists these days are talking about tipping … Continue reading →

  JOB then and JOB now. Part One The end is in the beginning. We all know about JOB, that mythical figure, who is perhaps the Bible’s best known character, after Jesus. The book of JOB is a story with … Continue reading →

HOW SHOULD WE THEN LIVE (CONCLUSION) Making Peace with the Planet. March 23 2014—–Part 12. Fifteen years ago, in St.Paul, Minn., I bought at the Luther Seminary bookstore A Testament to Freedom by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, containing the essential writings of … Continue reading →