bierkergaard

  I will work on the text this week. I am angry with Twitter in this supposed era of Elon Musk Freedom of Speech. More to come. Well, here it is. - Twitter deactivated my Bierkergaard account for writing a Libyan terrorist should be hung high who killed hundreds. Bierkergaard: For a week in the slammer. - Warned by Instagram to not call Jason Kelce (Center for the Eagles) “Fatman.” It was a violation of Community Standards. Here’s the kicker. Kelce calls himself Fatman. - I stated that Hitler was “Man of the Year” by Time Magazine in 1938. Facebook put me in solitary for several days. It is a fact. Not my opinion. No statement of me approving of Hitler and Nazism.  This stuff is ridiculous baloney. Censured by know-nothings, where facts don’t matter. We have a country run by weenies. 

  As I have noted, my goal with this blog is to post something monthly that goes more in-depth on an issue and theme that I am addressing in my podcast Bierkergaard: The Writings of Soren Kierkegaard . I have not met that goal as of yet but it is the intent. The podcast is easy to find on all major platforms (Apple, Google, Spotify, Anchor, etc). Rather than me post the links, it is easier for you to search.   If you have been listening to the podcast you know that I have been reflecting on Soren's book Purity of Heart is To Will One Thing.  I just finished Chapter 4, The Reward Disease . When we do good to receive primarily an earthly reward (possessions, power, privilege, pleasure, all of those "P" words that boil down to Pride and Presumption). If I do good, I deserve one, some, or all of these P's. Versus, doing the will of God and letting the consequences come, for earthly good or ill. A hard teaching. As James writes in his Epistle, "Let no many of you beco...

Madison Myers Mural in Chattanooga  Well, I pulled the trigger! I was in communication with Princeton University Press who is the entity that has published most of the translated to English from Danish of Soren Kierkegaard's Writings. The rep let me know that if I waited until this week, I'd get a half-off of list price of his books plus free shipping. Christmas in June! So, I should be in possession soon enough of 24 additional books of Soren's, on top of the ones I already own. I wanted paperback books (less expensive than hardcover of course) and no e-books. My process of reading is quite visceral and even masticatory. I underline with pen, circle, make notes, and essential ruin the book for resale. So, when I die, my estate can create a funeral pyre of Soren's books, lay my dead 6' 8" corpse upon the heaping pile, pour some Wild Turkey 104 Proof Bourbon upon the pyre, and throw a lit Ashton Cigar upon it all and have a party. Not quite as dramatic as Hunter...

                     A grandmother who kindly helped kids in school and served in her church?  A sister whose brother was fighting leukemia (like the family hasn't suffered enough?). And the other victims. Really, these are your sworn enemies?    I was going to do a dedicated Bierkergaard Podcast on the Buffalo mass assassination tragedy. By a deranged 18 year old white boy fucker. Yes, he is a fucker. Let's cut out the niceties here. But, I decided that a blog post was a better venue to air my thoughts, although I did talk yesterday about it briefly in the context of how tragedy makes joy so very difficult. It is said that Jesus endured the Cross for the joy set before him. Endure, that is sometimes all that can be done.   But, we are complicit if we don't a take deep look at what happened and make the hard choices to address such events, rather than turn away. That is not acceptable. Their blood cries out from ...

 

  I am back! From the dead or at least a long sleep. Winter hibernation and then some... Great News! I have created a podcast titled Bierkergaard: The Writings of Soren Kierkergaard.   It is on major podcast platforms here below: Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/ podcast/bierkergaard-the- writings-of-soren-kierkegaard/ id1613261340    Google:  https://podcasts.google.com?fe ed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8 4ODNiMDc2Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw% 3D%3D&episode=MzE2NDI4YzAtOTRl Yy00MzM0LThhNjYtOWI0NzQ2Yjk2ZW Q5 Anchor:  https://anchor.fm/bierkergaard Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/episo de/1KBxc880AeA3H8k5lcmCqL?si=J XgDDOx5SoyrR2qR5D11FQ In some cases it may take you to a specific episode vs. the podcast page. I am still learning the tech and yesterday I had my first guest, Tom Becker, from the Row House Forum here in Lancaster.  Listen to my podcast with him. It was both fun and insightful. Tom and I go back about 25 years. The other episodes...

I am aware that I have been quite lax on blogging. I am more in a consuming mode right now in terms of theology and philosophy. This is not a permanent hiatus. Just for a season. Hopefully, COVID will let up at some point soon so that we can get back to living non-truncated lives. In the meantime, continue to explore the consolations of philosophy and theology, which are legit responses to harder times. When life is easy, we get lazy. When it is difficult, we are forced to stop and consider. Have a great start to 2022!