Tag: despair

Cracking Up

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Ken Kuhlken: At church, a guest speaker urged us toward open-hearted love for others, even the apparently lost. I appreciate this kind of urging, but only if it’s given along with clues that help us to love better. Otherwise, it’s…

Tagged with: Christ, depression, despair, drugs, Kierkegaard, psychology, sanctification

I Did It My Way

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Soren Kierkegaard

Having previously written about the despair of finitude and the despair of weakness, two of the three varieties of despair Soren Kierkegaard identifies, I’ll turn to the third, the despair of defiance. Those inflicted with this form of the disease…

Tagged with: Chinatown, depression, despair, history, Kierkegaard, melancholy, Nietzsche

Despair as Comedy

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard identifies three varieties of despair. Last week I described the despair of finitude, under the title “Get Real”. So I’ll move on to the “despair of weakness”, which he defines as “the despair of not wanting to be…

Tagged with: despair, eternity, guilt, Kierkegaard, weakness

Get Real

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Soren Kierkegaard

If Soren Kierkegaard wrote the truth, all we need do to overcome melancholy is get real. The catch is, getting real can be an arduous chore, which amounts to vanquishing despair. Kierkegaard taught that we all are inflicted with despair,…

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Cracking Up

I Did It My Way

Despair as Comedy

Get Real

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