There is nothing new under the sun!

3,000 year old wisdom still applies today

Recent Headlines

“The West’s worst drought in 1,200 years!” “Monkey Pox patients advised to have sex with their clothes on” “Naked man dances atop patrol car, shatters rear window” “Has human progress peaked?” “Rabbi says ‘my religion makes me pro-abortion”.

A recent Gallup poll notes the declining belief in God in the USA. However, the new low shows 81% still believe in God, which surprised me! I thought it was much lower!

There are two Bible books of philosophy - Ecclesiastes & Proverbs - most of both attributed to Solomon, third king of united Israel.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 has wisdom for evaluating our world today. Read it!

Do you think these are “the worst of times”?

In a recent (June 5th) essay on the great evil that is despair, I noted that today despair¹ is ubiquitous in our country, in our culture and even among some in my own family, friends, neighbors and coworkers.

As we observe our government through the lens of the major media, social media and whatever source of “news” we have available (little of which can be trusted), we see that our President obviously suffers from some sort of dementia (common among people of his age).