Jesus: The Wisdom of God

I have been reading and thinking and holding in the light the Wisdom tradition since I made it a part of my workshop, Jesus: Revolutionary or Mystic, last year.  My workshop is still mellowing in my mind, but as usual we will use the Bible as our base and have a number of experiential activities to deepen our understanding and, hopefully, transform our “tight places.”  I have also found Truth in the ancient symbol of the spiral, which represents the way Wisdom function to bring us back to Spirit.

I’m not sure what I will recommend to read. A number of last year’s participants loved Cynthia Bourgeault book, The Wisdom Jesus.  Another support book is Lilian Calles Barger, Chasing Sophia: Reclaiming the Lost Wisdom Jesus.  But I feel I will be providing most of the reading, other than the Bible passages. I will use my usual format  which is worship or worship sharing bracketing the workshop, which has 2 sessions with a break.  That usually breaks down to 40 -45 minutes of worship, and 2 hours of discussion and activities.

This year, in addition to my own reading and meditating I’ve found myself in correspondence with a number of Friends.  They have helped me over my own stuck places.  I also prepared a short version of the workshop for Salem Quarter (NEYM) in March.