Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

by Krista Tippett

Questions elicit answers in their likeness. Answers mirror the questions they rise, or fall, to meet. So while a simple question can be precisely what’s needed to drive to the heart of the matter, it’s hard to meet a simplistic question with anything but a simplistic answer. It’s hard to transcend a combative question. But it’s hard to resist a generous question. We all have it in us to formulate questions that invite honesty, dignity, and revelation. There is something redemptive and life-giving about asking a better question.

The intimate and civilizational questions we are living with in our time are not going to be answered with answers we can all make peace with any time soon.