It’s true that the world is beautiful. And it’s also true that the beauty and goodness in the world can dissolve in front of us. Life is unpredictable, like the author of Ecclesiastes says, it’s a “chasing after the wind.”  

• Click here for Robert Siegel's book A Pentecost of Finches.
• Here's a link to his poem "Aubade." 
• I love the Bible Project. Here's their summary of the book of Ecclesiastes. 
• Find the Lectio Divina scripture passage here.
• Here's a link to Micha's new book Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole. Find it at Target, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop.org.
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