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. According to the Gallup Organization, comparatively few people experience satisfaction in their work. Based on their surveys of hundreds of thousands of people, Gallup reports… Read more »
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. The house in Indianapolis where I lived out the earliest years of my childhood is directly across from the midway of the Indiana… Read more »
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. When it comes to the subject of death, it seems that everybody has something to say: “Do not try to live forever. You will… Read more »
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. Don Richardson didn’t know it, but God had prepared the way long before he and his family moved to one of the… Read more »
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. Of all the songs that have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which has the oldest lyrics? That would be Turn,… Read more »
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. Growing up in the 1950s, my brothers and I did what we assumed every other American boy was doing. We collected baseball cards. At… Read more »
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. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is widely acknowledged as one of the most extraordinary musical geniuses of all time. The only people who didn’t seem… Read more »
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. There’s no piece of real estate on Earth quite like the DMZ. The Korean Demilitarized Zone, which roughly follows the 38th parallel, divides North… Read more »
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 is a dreadful thing to be forgotten. For some people, the very fear of that thing is a real thing. It’s… Read more »
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 »
