SOPHIA STREET (2022)

Proverbs is this writing of a father to his son about walking in the way of wisdom and how he has come to love and value the beauty and life that wisdom brings—it’s not just practical life stuff, its more than that. The imagery in the first 9 chapters of Proverbs is that Wisdom is this sage woman, this protector and provider who promises pure life and joy if you can only reach her home. To get there, you need to travel this road, and this road is life—it’s the journey you take every day. And this road has twists and bends and forks and lots of different avenues that try to tempt you to go you own way, to forge your own path toward happiness and life and satisfaction. And at the end of those paths is another woman, named Folly, who promises a lot of the same things as Wisdom; but they are temporary pleasures that will not last the night. So it is vital, the father says to the son, that you keep your eyes fixed forward on the goal, and walk the Way of Wisdom—that you take Sophia Street—because like Wisdom herself says:

Proverbs 8:35
For the one who finds me finds life.