Preaching Biblical Wisdom in a Self-Help Society

The shelves at the big bookstore chains are lined with cracker-barrel wisdom manuals, such as Don't Sweat the Small Stuff and Life's Little Instruction Book. Schools display brightly colored, slogan-filled posters to help them teach "the six pillars of character" Many are going to their local New Age emporium to purchase energy-harmonizing crystals and to sign up for past life regression seminars. Alyce McKenzie reminds us that this is a new flurry of an old activity: the search for wisdom, for