In the face of uncertainty, we are to act. But how? By managing risk, by seeking joy, by living with reverence. [Audio | Notes]
Michael Flynn
Tag: Meaningless
Ecclesiastes 9 & 10. Resilience
Our culture talks a great deal about building resilience. Wisdom teaches us that all things, including wisdom, are limited. Knowing this is part of becoming resilient. [Audio | Notes]
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Ecclesiastes 5:18-20. Contentment
Contentment is a gift of God. Seven times in the book of Ecclesiastes we are told here is the one thing the writer has found to be good in life. … Read more
Ecclesiastes 3. Frustration, Judgement & Joy
Wise living requires that we recognise the times we live in. Then we can act wisely, neither giving into fate nor exhausting ourselves by our inability to finally tame the … Read more
Ecclesiastes 1 & 2. Satisfaction
When a book opens by telling us that any quest for meaning or satisfaction will face many frustrations the sceptics amongst us think… “yep, that is about right”. Some Christians … Read more
Ecclesiastes. Introduction
There is a lot to grapple with in a book that stares without blinking at the hardest parts of life and opens with the insistence that life is meaningless. The … Read more