Sermon illustrations for New Year's Eve/Day (2015/2016)
Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
When Pete Seeger wrote the lyrics to the song “Turn, Turn, Turn,” he quoted the first half of today’s reading. Many people my age will remember the song, but maybe some people who are younger will as well. The song and the reading from Ecclesiastes remind us of the transitory nature of existence, that there is a time for each thing, for everything, but the time passes. Yet it is the second part of the reading that really matters more to us.