Monthly Archives: October 2023

We’ve all heard the phrase “the good ole days” especially when folks are bemoaning the present and the state of the world and society. We exclaim or think to ourselves, man life was so much better in the ________s. (Insert the decade or era of your choice). And look, for those of you who don’tContinue reading “The Good Ole Days”

In general, we’d rather experience and/or attend fun and happy times and events. We don’t look forward to the hard and challenging times because they are…hard and challenging. But the most growth and perspective happens during those hard and difficult times. I’ll give you a very superficial silly example. When I work out I oftenContinue reading “Mourning vs. Happiness”

We normally associate the work vow with marriage ceremonies. But the word itself means a solemn or serious promise. You know phrases like “his word is his bond” or “you can take that to the bank” or “she’s a woman of her word” are all about when someone promises to do something for you, thenContinue reading “Pay Your Vow.”

Today is the Lord’s Day. Sometimes we approach going to “church” as a rote habit. We get used to the order, the song leaders, the songs, the Bible classes, and more. We put our brains on autopilot and complete our “spiritual day” which very little (if any) real worshipping. Other times we come and weContinue reading “Check Your Attitude at the Door”

We’ve all been in desperate or overly fantastic situations and let our emotions cloud what we think and say. We then make some type over extreme emotionally driven statement or promise only to realized once we’ve leveled out our emotions and mind that what we said and promised was something very extreme. Perhaps we’ve madeContinue reading “Don’t be hasty”

Have you ever tried to walk or run with just one of your sneakers or shoes? Or maybe you’ve been walking and your of slide ons or flip flops slid right off? It doesn’t end well. You walk to run or walk lopsided. Your bare foot always gets stickers or stubbed or scratch. And youContinue reading “Sneakers.”

Solomon begins in Ecclesiastes 3 by telling us that there is a time and place for everything. And that all things are made beautiful my God in His time. He concludes his reflection on time and timing by saying since all this true it is best for us to work hard and enjoy the fruitContinue reading “Time vs. God”

We’ve all heard the phrase is a time and a place for everything. I mean this concept lead the Byrds to record their hit song Turn, Turn, Turn in 1965. Not all things are appropriate at all times. What we say, do, and how we react should very much be dictated by the setting weContinue reading “The Good in the Bad”

So, Solomon has set off to find the meaning of life. And he tried everything. Work. Pleasure. Knowledge. People. Buildings. Creations. Stuff. Money. You name it, he probably tried it. Yet he realizes that all that is useless. What good does it do to accumulate any of those things if when you die you willContinue reading “Get off the hamster wheel!”

The book of Ecclesiastes has always been a difficult study for me. I tend to find it depressing. At every turn Solomon is pointing the vanity or pointless of something in this life. And sometimes leads me to throw up their hands and say, “okay then, what’s the point of life then!?” But Solomon wouldContinue reading “The Empty Life”