Ecclesiastes 9:1–6 teaches that your life is in the hands of God. Obviously, in a general sense, everyone’s life is… READ MORE
Is the West being taken over by Muslims or is it blatantly discriminating against them? The answer, not surprisingly, is… READ MORE
In Ecclesiastes 8.14–17, the Preacher identifies two realities that we all experience on the journey through life: injustice and ignorance. Both… READ MORE
In honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I am posting a video and the full text of… READ MORE
“The arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uttered those words… READ MORE
Let us stipulate, as lawyers say, that the message of Ecclesiastes 7:15–29 is an unexpectedly weird one to find in… READ MORE
Jaffa put it like this, in a paragraph that distills Lincoln’s mind better than any words not written by Lincoln… READ MORE
“Life is difficult,” as M. Scott Peck so memorably wrote in The Road Less Traveled. How, then, does the wise… READ MORE
The wisdom of ancient Israel—like all common sense—is full of paradoxes. Think, for example, of two well-known English proverbs: “Absence… READ MORE
“All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given us.”
~Gandalf
Husband of one, father of three, and master in name only of two dogs. I play by Oxford Comma Rules. The opinions expressed on this blog are solely those of the author, not his employer.