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How lament turns our weariness into hope – Advent Psalms of Lament, Part 1

This week I welcome guest blogger, Jeff Byerly. Jeff is my friend, pastoral colleague, ThD classmate, and traveling partner! He and his wife Tasha have two daughters, a son-in-law and new grandbaby! What in the world is going on these days? I remember sitting in my doctoral studies just a few years ago … priorContinue reading “How lament turns our weariness into hope – Advent Psalms of Lament, Part 1”

What a Starlink train taught me about life – Ecclesiastes 1:1-11, Part 4

Do you feel weary? Tired? Like life is wearing your down? As we continue our study of Ecclesiastes 1:1-11, which is about how life is fleeting, read verses 8-9.  In verse 8, the Teacher says life is “wearisome.” That word can be translated as “striving,” meaning that life is often a unending of process ofContinue reading “What a Starlink train taught me about life – Ecclesiastes 1:1-11, Part 4”