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, ...

Voltaire said it in the 1700s, and that it still rings true today, suggests the problem is older than he declared in his day. Discernment is defined as “the keen ability to perceive, understand, and ...