Deus Misereatur

  Far as the Curse is Found: Ecclesiastes and the Man of Sorrows William Price ISBN: 9781098349967; ASIN : B08PZJTDYV; December 2020; Kindle: $9.99   I love working with wood. Whether it’s stripping down a limb to bare wood so I can make a cane, or refurbishing, repairing and repurposing older furniture pieces. Therefore, I was delighted when I opened up the brand new 170-page volume “Far as the Curse is Found: Ecclesiastes and the Man of Sorrows” and read, “Ecclesiastes is paint stripper for the soul” (xx and 99). William Price, a humble PhD and elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, has crafted a fine dossier on the feel, flow, and affect of the biblical book “Ecclesiastes”. It is written for young adults, seasoned disciples, and pastors to digest and relish. It’s a strong tonic, gently administered, that will leave readers reflecting on life, death, futility, and hope.   The volume is not a commentary. It is more an artful summarization of key th...

40/40 Vision: Clarifying Your Mission in Midlife Peter Greer and Greg Lafferty InterVarsity Press PO Box 1400 Downers Grove, IL 60515 ivpress.com 978-0-8308-4434-0; November 2015; $16.00 (Order here ) Faced squarely by the hard truth that one has landed in the middle of a short life that is rapidly getting shorter provides a person an opportunity to go one of two directions: do nothing different and continue as before, or re-evaluate and re-direct. In this regard the biblical material known as Ecclesiastes is a great place to go to get a dose of reality before things get too far out of hand and too far down the road. And one way to steer through Ecclesiastes is with the help of a new 208 page hardback, “40/40 Vision: Clarifying Your Mission in Midlife.” This fine, reader-friendly book is penned by Peter Greer, president and CEO of HOPE International, and Greg Lafferty, senior pastor of Willowdale Chapel in Kennett Square and Jennersville, Pennsylvania.  Greer a...