Fellow seeker, welcome to The Serpent & the Dove
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” Jesus, in The Gospel according to Matthew 10:16
If you are an incurable seeker like me, then you already know that seeking is more about discovery and less about finding answers. I created The Serpent and the Dove as a place to explore truth in this paradoxical advice. Paradox uses the tension between two seemingly oppositional ideas to camouflage a profound revelation. This tension prompts our most perplexing existential questions about purpose & responsibility, faith & doubt, love & loss, grief & joy, justice & anger—in other words, all that is mortal & divine. I no longer require certainty. It is the mystery of the divine that keeps me seeking wisdom and finding wonder in everyday life.
This Aesopian advice invites us to embrace serpentine wisdom and dovelike wonder in a world of feral wolves. I welcome your companionship on this journey of discovery.
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