What is it that we truly know? If we’re honest, the answer is: not much.
I don’t know physics, biology, or chemistry. I couldn’t tell you how the chair I’m sitting in was crafted, or how the computer I’m typing on really works. I don’t know the age of the trees that surround me, or how the grass beneath my feet first took root.
So much of our world is wrapped in mystery. And deep down, we all know we don’t know a whole lot—and that scares us. So we pretend. We posture. We talk as if we understand the economy, politics, or the mysteries of science, when in reality, much of it is far beyond us. If a reporter stopped me today and asked me to explain world affairs, I’d probably stumble, make something up, or simply admit, I have no clue.
Socrates once said: “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” And that brings me back to the question: what do we really know?
I know I love my kids, my wife, my dog, and my God who placed me here.
I know I value my friends and the gift of relationships.
I know others love their families, their children, and their pets.
These are things that don’t need textbooks or theories to explain. They are lived truths.
That’s why I choose to talk to people about what they know: their children, their aging parents, the joys and struggles of daily life. I talk baseball with baseball fans, music with music lovers. Music in particular has a way of transcending knowledge—it reaches into a place of shared experience we can’t fully explain.
And above all, I choose kindness. Even to strangers. Because in truth, there are no strangers—we’re all connected. When you speak to people in love, about what matters to them, you touch the universal truths. These constants are not true because we simply believe in them; they are true because we know them.
So, brothers and sisters, in a world so complicated and full of uncertainty, let us speak to what we know. Love transcends it all. It makes sense of the confusion, and it reveals what God always intended for us to experience.
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
—1 Corinthians 13:13
“Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.”
—Psalm 147:5
Closing Prayer
Heavenly Father, we admit how little we truly know. Yet we rejoice that You are all-knowing, all-wise, and ever-loving. Teach us to live out what is certain—Your love—and to share it freely with others. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
