This Sunday, the readings highlight the Judeo-Christian wisdom tradition found in Scripture. Wisdom literature takes many forms in the Bible. One form is as a set of “sayings,” aphorisms and proverbs, ...

Recently the NPR program "Science Friday" featured a young biologist named Danielle Lee. In the course of talking about the excitement of her career, she commented that individual curiosity is the ...

he has lavished her upon his friends. Today’s readings offer a selection from the Book of Sirach, part of the “wisdom literature” tradition, though not included in the Hebrew Bible nor the Bibles used ...

(RNS) — Bible societies are attempting to understand why, in a time when 90% of the world’s population has access to the Christian sacred text, relatively few consider it a foundation of their lives. ...

Today’s readings tell the tale of what becomes of wisdom without love. The Book of Wisdom gives a wonderful portrait of a noble soul, but the first reading is also a prelude to a tragedy. "The spirit ...

Rene’ Stanley invites readers on heartfelt journey from knowledge to wisdom through Biblical insight, personal discovery, and daily experiences guided by faith. NEW ...

One of the biggest ever research projects into scripture is looking into how people use the Bible and what it means to them—an attempt to understand why, in a time when 90 percent of the world’s ...