Board Chaplain Matthew Willingham Board Chaplain Matthew Willingham

Chaplain Devo: Casting Bread, Sowing Seed, and Trusting God

Ecclesiastes 11 invites us into a posture of faithful action in the middle of uncertainty.

The passage opens with a big, bold charge: “Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.” It’s a call to step forward—to risk, to engage new opportunities, and to do so with wisdom and preparation.

Growth rarely happens without movement

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Board Chaplain, Our Values, Our Team Matthew Willingham Board Chaplain, Our Values, Our Team Matthew Willingham

Board Chaplain’s Reflections from Ecclesiastes

The book’s theme centers on life “under the sun”—life lived apart from God’s reality.

In chapter 7, Solomon reflects, “I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility. There’s a righteous man who dies in his righteousness, and a wicked man who lives long in wickedness.” Solomon seems to wonder why good people face bad circumstances, and vice versa.

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