Hey, friend, welcome to the Mere Christians podcast.

I'm Jordan Rayner.

How does the gospel influence the work of Mere Christians?

Those of us who aren't pastors or religious professionals, but who work as jewelers, cable

installers, and pharmacists. That's the question we explore

every week. And today I'm posing it to my friend Michelle Myers. She's a co-founder of She Works

His Way, a graduate of Southwestern Seminary, and the author of a terrific new accessible commentary on the book of Ecclesiastes.

And that's what we dove deep on in this episode. We read Solomon's words, this Jewish Eeyore of sorts, about the

meaninglessness of life, the meaninglessness of work. And we talked about how to ensure that you don't end your life,

describing your work as meaningless like Solomon did in Ecclesiastes.

We talked about the biblical case for enjoying more of the fruits of your labor.

And we talked about the one practical thing you can do today to renew your awe of God and God's

good word. You guys are going to love this deep dive. Michelle and I do into the book of Ecclesiastes.

Enjoy the episode.

Michelle Myers, welcome back.

Yes. One of our rare return guests here on the Mirr Christian's podcast.

How are you, friend?

I'm so good.

Thank you so much for having me back.

This is why, right?

Because we did like seven minutes of pre-conversation.

We probably got to go on for another 70. We could have. It's just my people. It's so much fun. Every time I get to talk to you. I know. We won't give everyone the backstory of the Michelle Jordan friendship. If you want, you can go listen to episode 51, everybody. But hey, for those listeners who haven't been listening since episode 51, which is mind-boggling, I think

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