Ecclesiastes 2:12-17: Madness and Folly
March 12, 2022
Wisdom has the advantage over folly as much as light has the advantage over darkness.
When we listen to a podcast interview with Suki Kim, author of WITHOUT YOU, THERE IS NO US, we have the opportunity to reflect on what it means to be wise and what it means to be foolish. No matter our social or political views, this interview gives us a glimpse into a world of extremes.
http://www.npr.org/2014/10/22/357632699/among-the-young-and-privileged-in-north-korea
Ecclesiastes opens a discussion of the value purpose and worth of human life. When we listen to this podcast we might also reflect on how and when we hope to control others. And, perhaps most importantly, we have the opportunity to reflect on when and why we choose darkness and a lack of information over the light and her gift of knowledge.
The wise have eyes in their head, but the fool walks in darkness.
Read the NEW YORK TIMES review of Kim’s work at: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/books/review/suki-kims-without-you-there-is-no-us.html?_r=0
Image of fool from: http://www.wfuv.org/blog/question-day-april-fools
The Noontimes 