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A. Hard to say in a few words. In my own personal experience, thinking about wisdom has mainly been mediated by thinking about Jesus in Gethsemane, at Calvary, and on Easter Day. If the supreme embodiment of wisdom is here, then all our easy notions of what understanding the truth about reality might look like fade. But this makes it easier to face disappointment, suffering and death, since those are entered into by Jesus. I\u2019ve come to see that they are not things to be escaped from but rather to be lived through in trust that divine goodness, wisdom and truth are indeed given, even if not in ways we would have initially wanted or expected.<\/p>\n

[Side Note by BW3\u2013 One of the most powerful experiences I\u2019ve ever had at an Easter sunrise service was shared with Walter in Durham Cathedral in 2013 when I was scholar in residence at John\u2019s College in Durham]<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"