Send us a text A gold nugget on the American River sparked chaos, but the fortune didn’t flow where most expected. The store owner who sold shovels and the tailor who reinforced torn pants built lasting wealth, while miners mostly went home empty. We use that moment as a lens to explore a richer pursuit: practical knowledge rooted in the fear of the Lord, the kind that steers 1.8 million lifetime decisions toward purpose instead of regret. We walk through 2 Peter 1 and Proverbs 1:7 to show h...
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Send us a text A gold nugget on the American River sparked chaos, but the fortune didn’t flow where most expected. The store owner who sold shovels and the tailor who reinforced torn pants built lasting wealth, while miners mostly went home empty. We use that moment as a lens to explore a richer pursuit: practical knowledge rooted in the fear of the Lord, the kind that steers 1.8 million lifetime decisions toward purpose instead of regret. We walk through 2 Peter 1 and Proverbs 1:7 to show h...
Thomas Jefferson Bowen: When Fairytales Finally Come True
Weekly Wisdom with Stephen Davey
33 minutes
5 months ago
Thomas Jefferson Bowen: When Fairytales Finally Come True
Fairy tales always end with "happily ever after," but real life rarely follows that script. What happens when God allows suffering to persist without resolution? When the pain doesn't subside and the happy ending seems forever out of reach? Through the lens of an animated movie watched with his young daughter, we're invited to consider the stark contrast between fairy tale endings and the reality of human suffering. While we love to focus on Job's restoration in chapter 42, we often gloss ov...
Weekly Wisdom with Stephen Davey
Send us a text A gold nugget on the American River sparked chaos, but the fortune didn’t flow where most expected. The store owner who sold shovels and the tailor who reinforced torn pants built lasting wealth, while miners mostly went home empty. We use that moment as a lens to explore a richer pursuit: practical knowledge rooted in the fear of the Lord, the kind that steers 1.8 million lifetime decisions toward purpose instead of regret. We walk through 2 Peter 1 and Proverbs 1:7 to show h...
