Kierkegaard, The Dark Night of the Soul and What It Can Teach Humanity

Kierkegaard, The Dark Night of the Soul and What It Can Teach Humanity

Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, theologian, and poet of the 1800s, is largely regaled as the first Existential Philosopher. His works of Either/Or, Sickness Unto Death, and Fear and Trembling are largely considered pivotal philosophical works that shaped the landscape irrecovably afterwards. Nietzche, Satre, and Camus were largely influenced by his work and expand on his [...]

Prayer, Faith and Hurricane Irma: How to Regain Peace When You’ve Lost It

Prayer, Faith and Hurricane Irma: How to Regain Peace When You’ve Lost It

As I write this a smattering of rain is hitting my window. The sounds are calming and soothing; an occurrence that belies the fact that there is currently a Category 4 Hurricane barreling down towards my neck of the woods. Tampa, the metropolitan city that was the backdrop of my childhood, is in the crosshairs. [...]