Enjoy the MomentEcclesiastes 11:8-10“Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all.”It is easy to become so focused on the future and what we want to achieve and attain in life ...  Read More

Trusting in God’s Unseeable HandEcclesiastes 11:1-6“Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of god who ...  Read More

The Danger of FollyEcclesiastes 10:1-7“Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stick, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.”The hardest thing to fix is distorted thinking. When our thin...  Read More

The Value of Wisdom in the Struggles of LifeEcclesiastes 9:13-18“The words of the wise heard in quietness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.”What enables us to succeed in life and ov...  Read More

Finding Success in a World of VanityEcclesiastes 9:10-12“I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth ...  Read More

Keeping Perspective in an Unpredictable WorldEcclesiastes 8:15-9:1“For I have taken all this to my heart and explained it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God.  Man doe...  Read More

When Injustice ReignsEccl. 8:10-14“There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked.  On the other hand, there are...  Read More

Obeying RulersEcclesiastes 8:1-9“I say, ‘Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.’”Solomon knew well the importance of government and the role of leadership.  However, he also knew...  Read More

The Foolishness of AllEcclesiastes 7:25-8:1“Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”Solomon now returns to his search for wisdom.  Throughout ...  Read More

Finding Balance in Life: The Balance of RighteousnessEcclesiastes 7:15-22“It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the other, for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them....  Read More

The Lost Art of WisdomEcclesiastes 7:5-9“It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man than for one to listen to the song of fools.”Who we listen to influences who we become.  Solomon returns us ...  Read More

Finding Wisdom in an Unlikely PlaceEcclesiastes 7:1-5“It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting.”Solomon again confronts us with what seems absurd, for he praises the...  Read More