Grassroots Community of Puna, in Pahoa Town on the Big Island » ecclesiastes http://www.grassrootschurch.org Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:42:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Forward Living http://www.grassrootschurch.org/forward-living/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/forward-living/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:24:16 +0000 steve http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/?p=95 http://www.grassrootschurch.org/forward-living/feed/ 0 Everyday Wisdom http://www.grassrootschurch.org/everyday-wisdom/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/everyday-wisdom/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 22:52:17 +0000 pastorahsh http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/?p=91 http://www.grassrootschurch.org/everyday-wisdom/feed/ 0 Domestic Wholeness http://www.grassrootschurch.org/domestic-wholeness/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/domestic-wholeness/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 22:42:12 +0000 pastorahsh http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/?p=89 http://www.grassrootschurch.org/domestic-wholeness/feed/ 0 Brokenness and Authority http://www.grassrootschurch.org/brokenness-and-authority/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/brokenness-and-authority/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 03:56:49 +0000 pastorahsh http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/?p=88 http://www.grassrootschurch.org/brokenness-and-authority/feed/ 0 The Last Lecture http://www.grassrootschurch.org/the-last-lecture/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/the-last-lecture/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:42:19 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/?p=79 In Ecclesiastes, Solomon looks back over his life and he shares with us the most important lessons in life.

Lesson #1
If hedonism doesn’t work for you, try religion, the only real difference is the kind of bumper stickers that you put on your car.

Lesson #2
No matter how smart or successful or spiritual you become, you’re still the same sinner who in 2nd grade thought is was funny when little Johnny peed his pants while he was trying to write his name on the blackboard.


Lesson #3
If Life makes sense to you, you’re probably just playing the board game.

Lesson #4
Women: When one isn’t enough for you… don’t think a thousand of them will do you any better.

Lesson #5
We just can’t do this on our own.

]]> http://www.grassrootschurch.org/the-last-lecture/feed/ 0 God’s Wonderful Plan? http://www.grassrootschurch.org/gods-wonderful-plan/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/gods-wonderful-plan/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:36:00 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/?p=77 Ecclesiastes 7:1-14

]]> http://www.grassrootschurch.org/gods-wonderful-plan/feed/ 0 Eeyore Wrestles with God http://www.grassrootschurch.org/eeyore-wrestles-with-god/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/eeyore-wrestles-with-god/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:59:39 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/eeyore-wrestles-with-god/ Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 Solomon is going to continue railing on money just like he did in our text last week. The problem that we saw last week was that money will always fail to satisfy us. Not only that, but if we love it and make it our god, then it will destroy us. Then we ended last week with the secret to experiencing joy in life. And this secret was to receive all that we have as a gift from the hand of God, giving thanks knowing that all that he gives us is from his mercy and love.But Solomon will never leave us in that place of joy for long.   He is like the guy that can’t stop complaining about things and seeing the problem in everything… including God. In fact in places of this book, though its clear that Solomon knows that God is real, sometimes he doubts if he is good. There are time where he just waves his fist in the air and cries out to God, “God, I don’t like what you are doing. God, this doesn’t make any sense to me.”He is looking back on his life and asking the hard questions, “God, are you really there?” “God, do you really keep your promises?” “God, can I trust you?”

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]]> http://www.grassrootschurch.org/money-and-power/feed/ 0 The Divine Ascent http://www.grassrootschurch.org/the-divine-ascent/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/the-divine-ascent/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:47:16 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/the-divine-ascent/ Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

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]]> http://www.grassrootschurch.org/communal-challenges/feed/ 0 Poetic Justice http://www.grassrootschurch.org/poetic-justice/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/poetic-justice/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:44:23 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/poetic-justice/ Ecclesiastes 3:16-22

]]> http://www.grassrootschurch.org/poetic-justice/feed/ 0 Beneath the Loom http://www.grassrootschurch.org/beneath-the-loom/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/beneath-the-loom/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:42:09 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/beneath-the-loom/ Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

]]> http://www.grassrootschurch.org/beneath-the-loom/feed/ 0 Death and Taxes http://www.grassrootschurch.org/death-and-taxes/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/death-and-taxes/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:39:02 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/death-and-taxes/ Ecclesiastes 2:12-26

]]> http://www.grassrootschurch.org/death-and-taxes/feed/ 0 The Unhappy Hedonist http://www.grassrootschurch.org/the-unhappy-hedonist/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/the-unhappy-hedonist/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:35:46 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/the-unhappy-hedonist/ Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

]]> http://www.grassrootschurch.org/the-unhappy-hedonist/feed/ 0  The Rat Wheel of Time http://www.grassrootschurch.org/%c2%a0the-rat-wheel-of-time/ http://www.grassrootschurch.org/%c2%a0the-rat-wheel-of-time/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:29:54 +0000 admin http://grassrootschurch.org/blog/%c2%a0the-rat-wheel-of-time/ Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

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