Articles by Jonathan Hielkema

Jonathan Hielkema

Jonathan Hielkema is a Chimes staff writer for the 2012-13 school year.

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iTunes marks ten years of changing the way we listen to music

Birthdays are curious occasions at their best, but when their context is the technology industry, they seem even strange...

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The Knife: Shaking the Habitual

Hackles are bound to prick up the moment a band tries to make “important music.” That phrase usually conjures vision...

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God a mediator for music

Friend and fellow cultural discerner Tom Speelman published an opinion piece in last week’s Chimes. His article dealt ...

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‘The Idolatry of God’ breaks down dangerous ideas about God

Peter Rollins’ publishers have certainly found a branding image that works for them. The back of “The Idolatry of Go...

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‘Fujiko’ thrilling and serious

The Woman Called Fujiko Mine stands in an enduring Japanese media franchise centred around Lupin the Third, expert thie...

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Bitcoin’s future questioned as fluctuations continue

Amidst a sharp fall in value apparently triggered by selloffs, Bitcoin, an open digital currency, has come under scrutin...

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‘Redline’ sights and sounds dazzle

Action films, almost to a one, take a cavalier approach to the conventions of physics, warping what we know about the na...

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Atheism for Lent Illuminating, Humiliating

“This idea of God as the fulfillment of our desires is so all-pervasive today that most of us take it for granted. Whe...

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Review: Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience”

No doubt the reader is familiar with Justin Timberlake — his profitable stint with N’Sync, the two solo albums that ...

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Books and communities support non-CRC Christianities

Maybe it was the intense Philadelphia heat that drew me into the modest old meetinghouse. Perhaps it was historical curi...