Living in the Midst of Meaninglessness: Relationships

Our relationships with our family, friends, co-workers and church can be highly rewarding while often complicated and frustrating.  In the context of the book of Ecclesiastes our relationships can even be meaningless when we regard them in unhealthy ways.  In this...

Living in the Midst of Meaninglessness: Work

Work is one of those things that is expected and assumed to be part of our lives. In some way we are all doing work, whether that is doing chores around the house, serving customers or running a business.  How often do we find our work to be draining, uninspiring and...

Living in the Midst of Meaninglessness: Enjoying the Simple Things

So often it seems that our lives are becoming more and more complicated.  Even with all the advances that have been made in society in an effort to make our lives easier, we seem to have gone away from simplicity and made our lives more complicated.  In the Christian...

Living in the Midst of Meaninglessness: Acknowledge God

How can we find meaning for our lives in a world that Solomon says is meaningless?  The things ‘under the sun’ are vanity if we are looking to them to provide the fulfilling life that only God can provide.  For us to live in the midst of meaninglessness we...

The Meaninglessness of Wisdom

The human mind is capable of attaining knowledge and applying it in ways that have made life better for everyone.  But with all of its ingenuity, all its ability to innovate and imagine, it still has not been able to provide the answers to the greater and most...