This week BibleWorm begins our summer series on the Hebrew Festival scrolls with a look at Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 and 8:16-9:10. We discuss Qohelet’s idea that everything is mere breath and ask what it means to live in a world where nothing adds up to much of anything. We talk about the inscrutability of God and why good people often suffer while the wicked get all the rewards. We ask whether it is possible to accomplish anything meaningful in life and, if not, how we might be better off to reorient our goals to enjoy the moments of each day, whether playing with a toddler or listening to the birds sing. Also, Amy asks what kind of person would use Ecclesiastes as a wedding text. Hint: It was not Amy.
Episode 557 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Resisting Ethnic Nationalism (Esther 3:1-11 and 7:1-10) REPLAY
Episode 556 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Resisting the Patriarchy (Esther 1:1-22) REPLAY
Episode 555 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Reading Ruth Against the Grain (Ruth 1:14-18 and 3:1-15) REPLAY
Episode 554 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Making Ancient Israel Great Again (Ruth 2:1-20 and 4:9-17) REPLAY
Episode 553 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Solidarity and Allegory (Song of Songs 5:2-9 and 8:5-10) REPLAY
Episode 552 FORGOTTEN BOOKS The Joy of Sex (Song of Songs 1:1-12-2:6 and 7:1-13) REPLAY
Episode 551 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Trauma Has Many Voices (Lamentations 3 and 5) REPLAY
Episode 550 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Trauma and Protests (Lamentations 1:8-22 and 2:10-22) REPLAY
Episode 549 FORGOTTEN BOOKS For Everything There Is a Time (Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 and 3:1-11) REPLAY
Episode 548 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Everything is Mere Breath (Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 and 8:16-9:10) REPLAY
Episode 547 CREATION CARE Re-Creating the World (Ezekiel 47:1-12)
Episode 546 CREATION CARE Covenant and Creation (Leviticus 26:3-32, 34-35, 40-45)
Episode 545 CREATION CARE Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Psalm 104)
Episode 544 CREATION CARE God's Stream Full of Water (Psalm 65)
Episode 543 CREATION CARE From the Whirlwind (Job 38:1-38)
Episode 542 CREATION CARE In the Beginning (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
Episode 541 The Gifts of the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4 & 1 Corinthians 12:1-13)
Episode 540 The Resurrection of the Body (1 Corinthians 15:1-26 & 41-47)
Episode 539 The Greatest of These Is Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
Episode 538 Unity in the Cross (Acts 18:1-14 & 1 Corinthians 1:10-18)
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