More on the futility of ambition that is not grounded in place and people. A placeless ambition can likewise rob us of the kind of happiness that God intends. Restless discontent is a kind of fatigue. When a finite creature covets omnipresence he loses sight of sight itself. Imagination becomes placeless. Detail loses relevance. Routine …

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The difference between scholar and sage; and sage and grumbler by Mark Buchanan. Most real wisdom, the deep stuff, is formed in a crucible. It is shaped out of pain. We can know many things – things learned in books, things gleaned from observation or conversation, things fitted together through contemplation. All is good, and …

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