Coming Up Sunday, June 13

On Sunday, we'll continue our new series, "What God Wants for You." This week's divine wish is "Wisdom," drawing on the Canticle of Wisdom, found in Proverbs 3 and 4. "Get wisdom, get understanding," says the Lord. The challenge, of course, is how to learn that knowledge.

Like last week, this is a large and potentially complicated topic. Seeking focus, I've found an unorthodox approach -- the game of baseball. In particular, I think we'll spend a little time thinking about James Earl Jones' great monologue at the end of "Field of Dreams":

In particular, we'll think about baseball's constancy and its simplicity, and how that relates to the wisdom God wishes for each of us.