Sages as an Anchor on the Mountainside

Anchor has multiple definitions. In some way, each definition fits those of the Sage age. An anchor:

• Finishes a relay race.

• Is used to secure a vessel against the wind and waves.

• Is figuratively a mainstay.

• Reads the news.

In mountaineering, an anchor is a fixed object, be it a tree or pinion, to which a climber secures his rope.

The Dependable Pinion

In two epistles, Simon Peter wrote to those scattered abroad. He was no longer young. For the most part, Peter’s readers were