Against the Grain: Unconventional Wisdom from Ecclesiastes.(Book Marks)(Brief article)(Book review)

From: The Christian Century | Date: May 2, 2006 | Copyright information

Against the Grain: Unconventional Wisdom from Ecclesiastes. By Ray Waddle. Upper Room Books, 160 pp., $15.00 paperback.

Many Christians find the book of Ecclesiastes troubling and therefore choose to ignore it. Ray Waddle asks provocatively what a Church of Ecclesiastes might look like. He suggests that each week it would express "reverence for God, gratitude for creation, and pleas for forgiveness of vanities and injustices enacted during the week." This church would challenge "fame, ...

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