Tag: truth

I’m and artist and so are you

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Writers and Writing

An Artist? “We are God’s art, created in Christ Jesus to do works of beauty, which God has prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 “So God created mankind in his own image… male and female…” Genesis 1:27.…

Tagged with: art, beauty, God, love, truth, writing

Beauty

Posted on November 14, 2013 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Church for Writers

A problem with language is, words can be defined in so many ways. A table can be a tiny and fragile thing upon which we can barely fit a tea setting, or a massive wooden slab surrounded by a dozen…

Tagged with: beauty, John Keats, truth, William Blake

Love

Posted on November 14, 2013 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Church for Writers

Some time ago, during one of those periods when I have been obsessed with the goal of learning more about love, I came across M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Travelled, in which he gave a definition I found plenty…

Tagged with: beauty, love, M. Scott Peck, St. Paul, truth, William Blake

Truth

Posted on September 16, 2013 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Church for Writers

In John 18:33–38, while being interrogated by Pilate, “Jesus answered, ‘For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.’ Pilate…

Tagged with: beauty, Jesus, Kierkegaard, love, philosophy, Pilate, Thomas Didymus, truth

Getting It

Posted on October 2, 2011 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Soren Kierkegaard

The common belief about knowledge, at least in our culture, is that to claim knowledge about something we should be able to backup the claim with logic, sensory observation, personal experience, or a solid reason to trust the provider of…

Looking for Loopholes

Posted on September 25, 2011 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Soren Kierkegaard

Someone encountered W.C. Fields on his deathbed reading a Bible. When the person asked if he had gotten religion, Fields replied, “I’m looking for a loophole.” Most of us prefer looking for loopholes to facing hard truths. Not Sören Kierkegaard.…

Tagged with: divorce, love, Soren Kierkegaard, truth, W.C. Fields

The Curse of the Clever

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Soren Kierkegaard

Let’s return to the question, does Sören Kierkegaard offer a cure for depression, which he called melancholy? Because Kierkegaard offers nothing easy or simple, the opposite may appear more likely. He would have us live by Christ’s standards, without recourse…

Tagged with: Christ, depression, freedom, Kierkegaard, philosophy, truth

Either/Or

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

kenkuhlken Posted in Soren Kierkegaard

In 1843, while contending with the melancholy that was a motive for the urgency and intensity of his work, Sören Kierkegaard wrote this journal entry: “The most important thing of all is that a man stands right toward God, does…

Tagged with: Christ, God, illusion, Kierkegaard, Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled, truth

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