The Dreaded "Year in Review" Post

12/31/2020

I'm not a big fan of 'year in review' posts and have never published one, but writing a meaningful post on this last day of this most significant of years has proven to be beyond my powers.

Bearing this in mind, I offer instead my selection for "best" 2020 post, followed by the top five posts of the year in terms of views.

Thus, my choice for best 2020 post is:

An Idea Concerning God's Unresponsiveness

And in no particular order, the five most-viewed posts on my blog in 2020 were:

The Religion of Hatred

Listen All Y'All, It's a Sabotage

The Right Thing For The Wrong Reason

This Easter, Escaping Raskolnikov's Delirious Lenten Dreams Involves Coming Forth Like Lazarus

The Great Reset: The Prime Objective of the Successful Global Totalitarian Coup

Thanks to all who visited the blog this year - and special thanks to those who took the time to engage with the blog via comments.

See you in 2021.

9 Comments

islanti

12/31/2020 17:00:40

Happy New Year, Francis. I don't comment often, but I really enjoy reading your writings, ever since I discovered you last year through Bruce's blog.

Francis Berger

12/31/2020 17:09:10

@ Islanti - Thanks very much. I appreciate the kind words and support. I recently learned that you live in Newfoundland. I spent a great deal of my life in Canada - Ontario, to be more exact - but I have a soft spot in my heart for Newfoundlanders, whom I have generally found to be the most generous, genuine, and interesting Canadians. This applies to native-Newfoundlanders and "transplants to the Rock" alike.

islanti

12/31/2020 17:35:18

Indeed! Newfoundlanders definitely have a unique reputation throughout Canada, in my experience. I grew up here, spent roughly a decade in Alberta, but recently found myself back in Newfoundland again. Now having seen both sides, it's kind of like going back in time in many ways being here and I appreciate the little things now more than ever. Far from perfect, but definitely home.

William James Tychonievich link

12/31/2020 21:25:05

Well, at least you didn’t title the post “Hindsight is 20/20.” That’s something, anyway.

Bruce Charlton

1/1/2021 10:53:57

Maybe the reason that we can't seem to.look ahead, is that the future is more widely divergent now than usual. Either there will be a genuine awakening-based revival and positive 'movement '. Or things will get worse in ways that are discontinuous with 2020. And maybe this means we can't extrapolate.

Michelle

1/1/2021 16:22:44

Outlook for humanity: bleak. Outlook for salvation: improved.
Thanks for the great posts this year Frank. You're a big reason I didn't completely lose my mind in 2020.

Francis Berger

1/1/2021 17:11:30

Thanks, Michelle. I appreciate it.

James

1/3/2021 23:34:02

Before we slide too far into 2021, I'd like to say thank you too.

Regarding your post on God's apparent unresponsiveness, this seems to me a vital area of reflection, particularly in an age of despair, when people are going to be looking for direction they no longer feel they are receiving from institutional Christianity.

I would like to add that, in addition to your posts on the writings of Berdyaev and Dostoevsky, I appreciated your posts on paintings. I found I had a range of responses to the artworks - some left me unmoved, some were very affecting, and one left me dumbfounded - but I always found your commentary interesting.

Francis Berger

1/4/2021 18:37:31

@ James - Thanks for the kind words.

My greatest worry is that many Christians may transfer their disillusionment over churches onto Christianity itself. I regard this as a massive error. Yes, conventional forms of Christianity are cratering nearly everywhere, but this should serve as a call to cultivate a deeper, more intense form of Christianity rather than abandonment.

Your responses to the artworks I have featured on the blog pretty much mirrors my own! I'm far from being an expert when it comes to painting, but I do enjoy exploring and commenting on art in my own layman manner. It's good to hear others have enjoyed these posts as well.

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