I haven’t read the book yet (it’s on my list), but I believe there is great wisdom in careful discernment and intentional decision-making when it comes to our intake of information. McCracken divides The Wisdom Pyramid into six categories, beginning with the bottom and most important layer, the Bible, followed by church, then nature, then books, then beauty, and finally the internet and social media. He argues, “We need for our spiritual health what the food pyramid was for our physical health-guidance on what to eat and not eat, and in what proportions.” It’s this conviction that led Brett McCracken to write his latest book, The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World. In other words, we not only need a healthy, balanced diet of food, but also of information. This is true not only for what we put in our mouths but also in our minds. They are the most important and should be consumed more often. We need food from all groups, of course, but especially from the bottom layers. The bottom layer and foundation of a healthy diet is vegetables and fruit, followed by grains, then dairy, meat, eggs, and nuts, topped off by healthy fats. Basically, it presents the five main food groups and how much we should be consuming from each of them. Have you ever heard of the ‘Healthy Eating Pyramid’? I have vague memories of learning about it in primary school.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |