[067] Divinely Inspired — and Deliberately Vague
After a family gathering where a cousin reflected his own wisdom back to him, Max goes looking for a cleaner definition — turning to the Hebrew wisdom texts, the book of James, and the Sermon on the Mount. What he finds is instructive: even the most celebrated wisdom literature in human history prefers to circle, contrast, and illustrate rather than define. Maybe wisdom can’t be downloaded. Maybe it has to be lived into.
[043] The Wisdom He Didn’t Know He Was Teaching Me
A tribute to a pastor who embodied wisdom without ego, and what his memorial service taught me about the essential—and the expandable—work of becoming an ancestor to future generations.