Faith Venture

January has 31 days. The Book of Proverbs has 31 chapters. Coincidence? I think not. (Well, since January was invented 1,000 years after the Proverbs was published, maybe it is.)

My longstanding tradition, as well as suggestion for others, consists of reading a chapter a day during January and reflecting on them to start the year off on the front foot.

The general letter of James, the brother of Jesus and early church leader, is written in the Wisdom tradition. It is pithy, short, advice as relevant today as 2,000 years ago.

Further, Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus is that of a Wisdom teacher. 

This year’s focus for Wisdom January will include reading and reflecting upon James and the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 5-7.

I may not be writing every day from them, but I promise to study them faithfully—again.

You could do worse than to devote about 10 minutes every morning or evening to these guides to Life with God.

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