Wisdom at the Margins
When James writes, "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault," he invites us into...
This is tradition perspectives on wisdom, drawing on James 1:5.
When James writes, "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault," he invites us into something radical — a God who doesn't gatekeep knowledge or demand we arrive with the right answers already in hand. Rachel Held Evans once described her faith journey as learning to ask better questions rather than clinging to better answers.…
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