Principium Sapientiae Timor Domini

On the personal blogs of a few of us, there is some material that is worth reflection. From Mako Fujimora:

The medium of beauty in a business world is the workers that make the businesses run. It’s not the stock options or profit. They comprise far more capacity, and far deeper longing and invigorated promise for future generations than the system gives them credit for. So the question is not whether they are paid enough, or given enough work: the question is, does the workplace enlarge humanity, or endanger humanity. In full here

At least a few good friends have been involved in bringing the new Paideai Centre for Public Theology into being. I am no theologian or Biblical scholar, but I have begun to feel that if social activists and culture makers are to have a good shot at rooted, faithful service of God and our neighbour, then surely the challenge is very high for folks such as those at the Paideai Centre to cultivate Biblically sound, historically grounded, tough minded approaches to God and the world. I am inspired by their centering text:

Principium Sapientiae Timor Domini - the Fear of the LORD is the beginning of Wisdom