This coming Sunday is the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany. Scripture Readings are:<\/p>\n
Deuteronomy 18:15-20\u00a0 God will raise up a prophet after Moses<\/p>\n
1 Corinthians 8:1-13\u00a0 Concerning food offered to idols<\/p>\n
Mark 1:21-28\u00a0 A man with an unclean spirit is healed in Capernaum<\/p>\n
Psalm 111\u00a0\u00a0 The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom<\/p>\n
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Wisdom in the Bible and the idea that fearing God is the source of wisdom, is interesting to explore. The biblical Hebrew word for wisdom is chokmah or hokma. <\/em>In Latin, the word is sophia,. <\/em>In Proverbs 8:22-31, we find a feminine personification of wisdom.<\/p>\n The notion of fear is complex in the context of ancient Israel, so that is worth exploring. It is much more about placing one\u2019s trust in a higher power. What notion of fear do you view as a source of wisdom? How do you notice Jesus showing wisdom?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (The Gathering 2023\/2024)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Announcements:<\/strong><\/p>\n This Sunday, Jan 27th, we will be holding our Service with Marathon via the internet.<\/p>\n The Thrift Shop will be held from February 1st to 5th.<\/p>\n January 24 – World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture<\/p>\n January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day<\/p>\n January 29 – National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia<\/p>\n February is Black History Month.<\/p>\n February 10 \u2013 Lunar New Year ( Year of the Dragon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This coming Sunday is the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany. Scripture Readings are: Deuteronomy 18:15-20\u00a0 God will raise up a prophet after Moses 1 Corinthians 8:1-13\u00a0 Concerning food offered to idols Mark 1:21-28\u00a0 A man with an unclean spirit is healed in Capernaum Psalm 111\u00a0\u00a0 The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom Wisdom …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 00:57:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64917,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64916\/revisions\/64917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}