19th century writer Henry David Thoreau moved to the woods around Walden pond so he could experience a life of simplicity.  He felt weary of the routine, unexamined life of the shopkeeping townspeople.  “The mass of men,” he wrote, “lead lives of quiet desperation.”  Thoreau intended to confront life, rather than fill his hours with … Continue reading For Tonight, It’s The Meaning Of Life (A Meditation on Ecclesiastes 1:3-18)