Asking For a Friend: Recent Episodes
Asking For a Friend
The longer I’m in ministry, the more I’m convinced: we all have the same questions and insecurities. And, we assume no one else would understand the thoughts and fears inside our head. It leaves us unnecessarily isolated. Alone in our own heads. Solomon, another human, had the same questions. He feared the same things. He wrote a book about them: Ecclesiastes. It’s honest. Uncomfortable. Liberating. Ecclesiastes addresses issues like boredom, death, lack of purpose and meaning, depression, social injustice, work-life balance, and loneliness. Too often, the “guidance” we receive on these matters is: Just have faith. Be thankful. Don’t think about it. Or, What’s wrong with you? Needless to say, this falls short. Thanks to Solomon, we can do better than that. This is a sermon series on his book, Ecclesiastes.
How can we live in a way that people will say good things about us when we’re gone?
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Why are we allowed to live and love if we’re just going to die anyway?
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Sometimes, you can do all the right things and still get hurt. Or sick. Or fired. Or divorced. What’s up with that?
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Often, the choice isn't as easy as right vs wrong. Life is more complicated than that. What do you do when both options seem right?
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Money isn't the root of all evil, and poverty isn't a fast track to salvation.
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How do we pray or listen to God when it feels like he stopped taking our phone calls?
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Loneliness is not the same as being alone--it's much worse than that. Here's some suggestions on combating loneliness.
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The key to not making life any harder than it already has to be lies in asking a powerful question: What season of life am I in right now?
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Most of us settle for much less meaning and joy than God intends. After all, God's the One who invited pleasure in the first place.
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Is it possible to escape the treadmill of work and worry and regret?
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