Ecclesiastes and Impact

Think Global, Do Justice

All is futility! Even in Christian nonprofits? We're changing it up a little for episode 265 as Brandon does a solo dive into the book of Ecclesiastes to gather wisdom from Solomon that can inform what we do and more importantly how we do the work of global justice. In an age of Big Impact, this is a word for the nonprofit leader that cares about the ethic of our approach and the opportunity for a compounding influence in a world where it seems that nothing ever changes.

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Resources and Links from the show

Scriptures shared:

• Ecclesiastes 1: 1-4; 8-11
• Ecclesiastes 5: 8-10; 18
• Ecclesiastes 9: 7-10

Andy Crouch Tweet 1; Tweet 2

Conversation Notes

• "All is futility!" - Solomon
• The work of oppressors and corrupt politicians ends in futility, but what about our work that counters their work?
• Brandon shares some of his own global nonprofit futility
• The grace of recognizing how the world works even in it's vanity
• "Eat, drink and experience good"
• Andy Crouch throws shade and "impact" and Brandon says "Amen"
• Does our work matter?
• Getting our priority (singular) in order

Theme music Kirk Osamayo. Free Music Archive, CC BY License