Monthly Archives: August 2023

The Royal Experiment

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To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Throughout the month of August, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes, that strange and seemingly “modern” Old Testament book that depicts what happens when humanity searches for ultimate meaning apart from God.  Sometimes, in order to discover the truth, you have to step up and find out for yourself. That was the conclusion of Barry Marshall,… Read more »

Under the Sun

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To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Throughout the month of August, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes, that strange and seemingly “modern” Old Testament book that depicts what happens when humanity searches for ultimate meaning apart from God.  It’s a wonderful thing to live under the sun. Some of us may be reluctant to affirm that statement in the midst of a… Read more »

Famous First Words

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To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Throughout the month of August, we’re looking at Ecclesiastes, that strange and seemingly “modern” Old Testament book that depicts what happens when humanity searches for ultimate meaning apart from God.  “It was a dark and stormy night…” That’s the opening line from the 1830 novel Paul Clifford by English writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton.  It is widely… Read more »