Rev. Emily Vermilya - Proverbs 6:20-23; 14:1; 20:7. With
the demise of traditional institutions, where do you go to learn
wisdom? Of all places designed to teach it (schools, public forums,
etc), the most powerful might also be the most overlooked today. Nearly
everything that wisdom – or folly – has to teach us is first learned in
the home. Indeed, the family is the habitat of both. “The wise person builds her house; but with her own hands the fool tears hers down,”
(14:1). In spite of our confusion over what, exactly, a family is,
there remains a presence of both strong and weak families in our day and
each has their common practices. This sermon will explore those
practices and encourage the wise to pursue them.
