And the Proverbs-Ecclesiastes polarity? Pithy Proverbs sharpens our observations and insights regarding all that is going on around us so we realize that unobtrusive, undramatic dailiness is sacred: work and family, money and sex, the use of language and the expression of emotions. We are reminded in detail that there is meaning in the ordinary, in the everyday, in being responsible for and alert to what we have been given to do in this life of faith. In contrast, Ecclesiastes (or “The Preacher”) has to do with doggedly putting one foot in front of the other as we fix flat tires, wash dirty
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