Tag: Ecclesiastes

  • The Unexpected Parenting Comfort of Ecclesiastes

    When the world calls everything unprecedented, God’s provision remains unchanging. At a recent parenting forum on children and technology at my church, I offered a discreetly told example of failure from my years of parenting teenagers. Even in the retelling, I could feel the knot of panic in my stomach the same as when the… Read More

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  • Ecclesiastes Is the Story of Abel Writ Large

    Biblical Hebrew uses similar names for “vanity” and the slain brother. That’s no accident. “Meaningless! Meaningless!” So says Qohelet, the author of Ecclesiastes, as he begins his reflections. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” For many, these words resound with a skeptical and, some may say, nihilistic tone. But must they? Russell L. Meek, a gifted… Read More

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