Beau From Nihilistic Marine to Baptist to Barfield

Podcast: Paul VanderKlay's Podcast · Paul Vander Klay

Opublikowano: 2026-11-02

n this conversation, Pastor Paul Vander Klay sits down with Beau (Bo) Erickson, a precision rifle machinist and doctoral student exploring cultural theology and the philosophy of Owen Barfield . Beau shares his journey from a mountain childhood in Casper, Wyoming, and a formative missionary assignment in civil-war-era Albania to serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, where military hardship and loss triggered a deep sense of nihilism and spiritual disillusionment . After years working in corporate megachurches and precision machining, Beau encountered the work of Michael Heiser and "The Little Corner" (TLC), eventually discovering Owen Barfield's Saving the...