Snyder, Lenarduzzi, & Dante: this article is really a mini-read with some of my favorite posts from this week. I took some really good pictures, but maybe I’ll save them for another time. What is important seems to be connections with the outside world. It’s better for me to truly connect with people online than merely to post GIFs, although I do text a good GIF every once in awhile to select friends. I am being impacted by these people... Read more
The greatest good, the highest good, is for them, “to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live” (Ecclesiastes iii.12.b). Life signifies all that one is . . . one’s vitality and passion, for instance be “happy and enjoy.” With everything, we are to rejoice and pursue the good. It is late in the day on Saturday. I try to get in a couple articles per week. This week, instead of integrating some work from the Early Church,... Read more
What does music, baseball, and Dante all have in common? From time to time, I just share a little bit of my social media. I’m so used to writing, that I often just give it away on these platforms. These posts clearly qualify for an article this week. What do the themes of music, baseball, and Dante all have in common? Well… me. Last week I shared jobs I was interested in… again jobs that had me in common. I... Read more
…moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. (Eccl iii.11, NRSV) The last part of the verse can also be translated, “no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.” (NKJV) To compare the two translations CLICK HERE Solomon (pen name Koheleth) wraps up the poem from the beginning of Ecclesiastes 3 and dives deeper.... Read more
I have never really been great at remote work only, working only from home. I enjoy being in an office setting around others, with a desk. Nonetheless, working online may be on the horizon. We are finding ourselves entering a time when we need to start looking for employment. Please pray for us as this is a discerning process. These are some jobs I’ve saved in Virginia, primarily in education. I don’t know if I’ll start with full time or... Read more
Everyone wants personal peace, probably at least since the peace movement in the 1960’s. However, have we lost sight of the Biblical understanding, the strength of a peace that binds us together in community? In this series, we’ve looked at the authorship of Ecclesiastes CLICK HERE Then we started with the timeless beauty of the poem in Eccl 3. To read knowing the times | an introduction to Ecclesiastes 3 CLICK HERE Last week, we looked at the beauty of... Read more
Then there is Pneumatology. Pnuema is the Koine Greek word for breath, wind, and/or spirit (Koine being the common tongue language of New Testament times). Therefore Pneuma-tology is the way Theologians refer to the study of The Spirit, the Holy Spirit; and it is fascinating Rev. Paulus Taylor, a Spirit-filled minister from the West Indies, once said “Anyone can pitch. I’m looking for better batters.” Vanderbilt University strengthened its program with good pitchers, even if their method seems uncoventional. They... Read more
We are to be silent as we’re resonating in awe with the presence of God. However, we are to make our voices known at the wonders of God (His movements, miracles, proclamations, etc.). First, I have made some corrections from the last 2-3 posts or so, because I sometimes express thoughts from an old school perspective, not realizing that they’re red flags now. Not all terminology that was… is still acceptable. I should have known better. I am releasing this... Read more
Knowing the times: “Open your barns when it is the time to do so; and plant in season, and let the clusters be cut when they are ripe, and launch boldly in spring, and draw your ship on shore again at the beginning of winter, when the sea begins to rage.” (Gregory Nazianzius, On Holy Baptism.xl.xiv). i. the times for everything, an introduction to Ecclesiastes 3 “It is clear, even with a moderate insight into the nature of things, that... Read more
With the expansion of the Davidic Kingdom, Solomon would have had more exposure to the outside world, language, culture, and thought. This would include exposure to surrounding kingdoms. Therefore his thought, language, and writing style could have been influenced. This may or may not become a series on Ecclesiastes, but it’s helpful to understand some of the interesting back-story. First of all, there are various opinions about Solomon as the author Although it is most commonly attributed to Solomon, there... Read more
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