[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Everyone’s concerned with justice: whether you’re a believer or not. Everyone feels the outrage over the latest AIG bonuses. Everyone loves to see a crime solved, a criminal sentenced, a victim vindicated. The Teacher of Ecclesiastes is no exception. He has a problem, though: who knows if God’s Read more
This week brings us to the most famous passage of Ecclesiates. Ecclesiastes 3:1-15, and verses 2-8 especially is the sort of passage that people know even if they don’t realize it’s from scripture. This poem is most often recited at funerals and concerts. One of the reasons for its fame is this song, made famous Read more
We are told by the media that the most inane things in life will make us insanely happy. We think that if we only had a little more money, a little more fame, a little more success in our relationships, that we would be satisfied in life. We continued our series of Meaningless Messages from Read more
In this message we took a look at the leitmotif, the pedal point, of Ecclesiastes: hebel. Closely following this word is the expression “under the son”. If you’re interested in allowing the words of this eccentric book to (in- / trans-) form your spiritual life, these two expressions are a good place to start. Click Read more
There’s no way I could come up with these Ecclesiastes messages on my own. I use a number of different commentaries and resources to fuel my messages. Here are my Ecclesiastes resources: Michael V. Fox: A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes © 1999 William B. Eerdmans Read more
Wow. You go fishing for one Sunday, and look what you miss! Pastor Wendy spoke on the Exodus of Israel from Egypt, and how that event should inform our lives today. The call for us to move beyond our ties to slavery and to live out our potential is excellent (and not just because of Read more
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