The unexpected road to joy

Ecclesiastes takes us on a quest to figure out the key to life: What is life about? What are we doing here? Where can satisfaction be found? And one of the conclusions of the book is that mankind cannot figure out the key to life! It is a quest we are all on, and yet...

State of the church 2022

I used to do a “state of the church address” each January. I haven’t been as consistent with these recently, but wanted to share some reflections on the church as we enter a new year, especially given the unique challenges of the past two years. To make it simple,...

God’s providence and human responsibility

In light of last week’s sermon on God’s providence (from Ecclesiastes 3:1-15), I’ve written a couple of blog posts this week unpacking this massive and important topic. In the first, I argued that the claim that God is providentially working, ordaining, bringing about...