The Prologue

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; surely every man at his best is a mere breath.” Selah.   Psalm 39:5  NASB Ecclesiastes is a thorough examination of life from inside the box.  The result:  get it while you can!  Most scholars believe that the epilogue, those last few verses that attempt to redeem the…

Missing Out

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

But in vain I kept my heart pure and in innocence washed my palms.  Psalm 73:13  (translation – Robert Alter) In vain – “I’d like to believe what you believe,” he said.  “You seem to have a kind of stability in life.  But if I decided to live like you, I’d miss out on a…