Author Archives: Bert Hielema

WHAT CONSTITUTES CHRISTIANITY? John Maynard Keynes said: “Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” Trump has been told that tariffs made the US rich in the … Continue reading →

MY BODY. God has given me a special item to treasure and cherish, to nurture and preserve, to love and enhance, to exercise and keep from harm, to beautify and honor: I am referring to my body. Because it is … Continue reading →

CHANGE Change: real change. Fifty Years Ago, I left St. Catharines, Ontario. I left the city for the country, far from the urban area, some 45 km north of the nearest small city, Belleville.  In 1975, my family settled on … Continue reading →

HE’D RATHER DESTROY THE WORLD, THAN ADMIT HE IS WRONG. Confusion, incoherence, close to collapse: a psychopath in power.  In my long life, always having a keen interest in global happenings, I’ve never observed so much global turmoil, political, economic, … Continue reading →

EARTHQUAKES: MORE THAN ONE KIND. More than one kind? Well, I am in a generous mood. Why limit an earthquake to a terrestrial upheaval? I believe that any event that is ‘earth-shaking’ resembles an earthquake, so I have chosen three … Continue reading →

CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION. SO, WHAT IS IT? Christianity is not a religion, even though, over the years, it has been called this.  Here is what makes religion ‘religion’: A religion has rites, a religion has buildings, a religion … Continue reading →