Qohelet says the house of mourning is “better” than the house of feasting because it tells the truth about our limits and pushes us to “lay it to heart.” This sermon walks through death as a teacher, grief as a strange school of wisdom, and Jesus as the only anchor strong enough to hold when the storm hits. Drawing on Ecclesiastes 7 and 9 and the story of our daughter Ella’s death, we explore how facing our mortality can actually deepen hope, reshape priorities, and tether us more securely.

Ecclesiastes exposes “gold sickness”—loving money so much that it ends up owning you—and contrasts it with the quiet joy of receiving your portion as God’s gift. This message weaves Qohelet’s warning with Proverbs, Philippians, and 1 Timothy to show how gratitude, contentment, and generosity free us from the lie that “more” will finally be enough. When God himself becomes your treasure, you can hold wealth lightly, enjoy what you have, and share it freely—confident you already have more than enough in Christ.

Ecclesiastes says there’s “no gain under the sun,” yet calls your actual life—work, meals, relationships—“your lot” and “the gift of God.” This message explores how to stop chasing surplus, name both the favorites and “no‑thank‑you helpings” on your plate, and receive your real portion from God’s hand. Then, like the boy with loaves and fish, you’re invited to place that portion in Jesus’ hands and watch how he takes, blesses, breaks, and multiplies it for joy and kingdom good.

Ecclesiastes names the hard truth: power is uneven, systems are tangled, and the oppressed often cry with no one to comfort them. This message looks honestly at injustice “under the sun,” then asks what we’ll do with the comfort and influence God has given us. Instead of tightening our grip or building higher walls, we’re invited to hand control back to God, fear Him more than discomfort, and widen our circles so the comfort we’ve received in Christ can reach those still in rough waters.

Pleasure keeps promising, “Just one more, then you’ll be satisfied”—but it never delivers. Ecclesiastes 2 shows Qohelet turning his life into a pleasure lab—laughter, projects, wealth, sex, parties—and still finding it all “chasing the wind.” This message unpacks why pleasure is a good gift but a terrible god, and how Jesus teaches us to enjoy small joys as gifts from the Father instead of trying to medicate our restlessness.

Ever feel like your work and legacy won’t really matter—that you’re just another cog in the machine? Steve Copenhaver walks through Ecclesiastes 2–3 to show why toil and success feel empty “under the sun,” and how Jesus transforms ordinary labor into worship and inheritance. Discover how a gospel-shaped view of work turns daily grind into eternal impact, and why the only truly “new” thing under the sun—a life made new in Christ—can keep your legacy from fading.

Life doesn’t stay on “perma-summer,” no matter what our calendars demand. Ecclesiastes names the real seasons we can’t control—times to weep and to laugh, to build and to break down—and invites us to stop faking where we are. Instead of pretending you’re in a different chapter, this message calls you to receive your current season as a finite gift from God and live it before His face. Don’t waste energy chasing a season that’s not yours yet; learn to be faithful in the one you’re actually in.

Life can feel weird—constant motion, no real arrival. Scripture names that restlessness as “chasing the wind”: working, achieving, and consuming in search of gain that never lasts. This message explores why wisdom, pleasure, work, and success can’t finally secure us—and how trusting God turns even life’s vapor into gift. Start the year not by doubling down on gain, but by learning to receive your days, your work, and your limits from Jesus, who alone can give meaning that outlasts the treadmill.

In this final Advent message, we traced how the baby in the manger is also the King whose kingdom will never end. Isaiah, Paul, Peter, and John painted a picture of a reign that will one day fill everything—and of lives that matter now because of it. Watch to be called into “proactive patience”: handing over your little kingdoms in small, concrete acts of obedience that are never wasted in His eternal kingdom.

On Christmas Eve we see that Christmas is not just about a quiet night; it’s about the arrival of true shalom. “Prince of Peace” means a ruler who makes wholeness happen—healing what’s fractured between us, within us, and between us and God. This message shows how Jesus brings peace that realigns our hearts with the Father and invites us to bring Him our most un‑peaceful places.