Reflections with Andy - Ecclesiastes 2: 1-11 – Living Only for Yourself

About this episode

This episode reflects on Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, exploring Solomon's pursuit of pleasure and meaning.

In this Friday reflection on Ecclesiastes 2:1–11 — offered on Mother's Day weekend, with a pastoral acknowledgment that the day lands differently for everyone — the Teacher's second experiment in the search for meaning is examined: pleasure. Having tried wisdom and found it vexing, Solomon goes the other direction entirely, becoming history's most extravagant hedonist — houses, vineyards, gardens, silver, gold, concubines, everything his eyes desired, nothing withheld. And the verdict is the ...

People in this episode

Host: Andy Stoddard

Topics covered

• reflection
• Ecclesiastes
• search for meaning
• pleasure
• hedonism
• Mother's Day

Keywords

• Ecclesiastes
• Solomon
• pleasure
• hedonism
• meaning
• Mother's Day
• reflection

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Books & works: Ecclesiastes

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