I have often wondered what our Creator’s intentions for Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 is? Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 NRSVCE A young person once argued that “vanity” was akin to a loss of…
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The Elusive Velvet Curtain
I have stopped trying to get a grip on focusing on the delicate petals of this beautiful flower of the Duranta erecta or golden dewdrop. You try to pin down that sliver of tissue so delicate that it defies revelation and definition. And you wish that its magnification will somehow transform it into a startling,…