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If you've been craving better conversation...
There aren't many places where adults gather simply to think together anymore.
To sit with a worthwhile question long enough to hear what someone in a completely different season of life sees in it.
Pursuing Wisdom is for people who are curious about how to live well, make thoughtful choices, understand themselves and learn from people they might never otherwise sit at a table with.
You don't need to be particularly wise.
Curiosity will do.
Grab a snack, make some tea or pour your Saturday morning coffee and join us.
This October, Lacey + Jenel are hosting a relaxed, low-key book club with a simple intention:
Pursuing wisdom together.
Our book this year is The Book of Proverbs.
There are 31 chapters, and October gives us 31 days.
We'll read one chapter a day and gather throughout the month to talk about what we're noticing, questioning and discovering along the way.
Why Proverbs?
Proverbs is an ancient collection of wisdom about the very ordinary experience of being human.
Its pages explore relationships, friendship, money and work. There are lessons about anger and desire, alongside observations about integrity, trust and the consequences of our choices.
It asks questions humans are still asking:
What does it mean to live wisely?
And perhaps the more uncomfortable question:
Where am I being the fool?
Thousands of years later, there is still plenty here to wrestle with.
For 31 days, we're going to spend some time with it.
One Chapter a Day
The rhythm is simple: One chapter each day for the month of October.
You'll receive a small companion workbook with space to record passages that catch your attention, questions that arise and connections to your own life. Some chapters may give you something immediately. Others might sit quietly until a conversation, experience or memory suddenly brings them back.
That's part of the experience, read the chapter and pay attention to what stays with you - then bring that to the group.
We Gather Twice a Week
Think book club vibes! Tea on the couch after a long Wednesday & Coffee on a slow Saturday morning.
Something to snack on nearby.
We'll meet on Zoom twice each week:
Wednesday Evenings — 8:00 PM
A relaxed midweek gathering to talk through the chapters we've been reading.
Saturday Mornings — 9:00 AM
Our weekend coffee-style gathering with a little more room to settle into the conversation.
Join whichever gathering works best that week, or come to both.
We recommend making space for at least one gathering each week so you can experience the book in conversation with the group.
What Happens When We Gather?
We begin with a quick one-minute check-in from everyone around the virtual table.
From there, we dig into the chapters we've been reading.
Maybe a sentence stopped you.
Maybe something reminded you of a story from twenty years ago.
Perhaps someone else's interpretation changes how you understand a passage entirely. Questions are welcome here too.
The conversation moves through whatever the week's reading has brought to the surface, with each person contributing their own perspective and lived experience.
Sharing is encouraged, while participation can look different from person to person and week to week.
The heart of this book club is wisdom integration — taking what we read and allowing it to meet the lives we're actually living.
Over the month, we gather that wisdom together.
Between Our Gatherings
We'll have a private group space throughout October where the conversation can continue.
Share a passage you're still thinking about, drop in a question or tell us about the moment something from last week's chapter suddenly made sense or you can also simply follow along and see what everyone else is noticing.
The reading gives us a common place to begin, and the community adds perspectives none of us could bring on our own.
Everyone Is Welcome at the Table
Proverbs comes from the Bible and has been read for generations & It is a part of the much larger human tradition of wisdom literature. People arrive at ancient texts from many different places. Some of us bring faith, Others bring curiosity, history, philosophy or a desire to understand ourselves a little better.
All of those perspectives can sit around the same table.
No previous knowledge of Proverbs or the Bible is required
Lacey and Jenel aren't arriving as experts either.
We're reading alongside you, asking questions and seeing what happens when people with different lives spend a month pursuing wisdom together.
Wisdom Across Generations
We'd especially love to have people from their 20s through their 90s+ in the same conversation.
Life experience changes the way wisdom lands. A 25-year-old and a 75-year-old can read the same passage about relationships, grief, money or friendship and notice entirely different things and both perspectives belong in the conversation.
That's part of what makes gathering together worthwhile.
$31 for 31 Days
The commitment for Pursuing Wisdom is $31.
Every dollar raised will be donated as a group to a local food organization.
The $31 creates a small commitment to the month and to one another.
You've put your name at the table, & you've made some room in October for reading and conversation.
At the end of the month, we'll take everything raised through Pursuing Wisdom and pass it directly into our local community.
We'll share the final amount and donation with the group.
Maybe We Do This Every Year
There is something about October on the prairies. The days shorten, the gardens finish and life begins moving toward winter. It feels like a good time to sit with something old and give it our attention. Perhaps Pursuing Wisdom becomes an annual tradition, choosing another enduring wisdom text each autumn and spending a month reading it together.
For our first year, we're beginning with Proverbs.
31 chapters. 31 October days.
Let's see what we find.
Come Pursue Wisdom With Us
October 1–31, 2026
One chapter a day through Proverbs
Wednesday evenings + Saturday mornings on Zoom
Companion workbook + private group
$31 — with 100% donated locally
Make a little room in October for a book worth reading and conversation worth having.
Hope to see you there.
Lacey + Jenel