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Spirit Alive

Saturday June 11, 10:30 – 11:30 via Zoom

Wisdom at the Crossroads

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London included a specially commissioned sung Anthem about Wisdom, drawn from the Old Testament Book of Proverbs. Wisdom is such an inclusive, accessible, diverse, priceless, concept, available to all people, in all places, at all times. Here we look at these Wisdom verses.

“Does not Wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates, in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries out: ‘To you, O people, I call, and my cry is to all that live … Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold; for Wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her’… Wisdom was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.”

What are some forms of Wisdom which ring true for you, which invite your attention, which delight and console you, and which you want to hold close along the way?

Lucy Burke