by Emma Bortins | Jan 13, 2026 | Community
Agora, partly owned by my son Robert, exists to give families a place they feel at home to make real memories through real conversation over delicious food. https://www.agorabakery.com/values 15 Chinquapin Rd, Pinehurst, NC 28374
by Emma Bortins | Sep 14, 2025 | Church
Ecclesiastes 7:1-15 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting,for this is the end...
by Emma Bortins | Sep 14, 2025 | Church
Ecclesiastes 6:1-14 There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:2 a manto whomGod gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that helacks nothing of all that he desires, yet Goddoes not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger...
by Emma Bortins | Sep 14, 2025 | Church
We are exploring what Ecclesiastes says about success. Yesterday we saw that success, “under the sun” does not bring satisfaction…we think we have achieved it, and yet still we are empty. II. Second, success under the sun, or the pursuit of these things instead...
by Emma Bortins | Sep 14, 2025 | Church
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Guard your steps when you go tothe house of God. To draw near to listen is better than tooffer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.2Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before...
by Emma Bortins | Sep 14, 2025 | Church
We are looking at more of the ways Ecclesiastes says we live “under the son”. We looked at three yesterday, let’s look at three more. Fourth, Solomon says, under the sun, men are just envious and lazy. 4:4-6 Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come...