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The Wisdom Pyramid Playlist

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I love making playlists, and I wrote The Wisdom Pyramid while listening in my headphones to great music (mostly instrumental music). In honor of the book’s launch, I decided to make a new playlist inspired by the content of the book. Beauty is part of the Wisdom Pyramid, so enjoy this playlist as a (hopefully beautiful) experience that ponders the themes of the book.

The playlist contains 10 songs inspired by each of the six layers of the pyramid (see below image), plus a prelude and postlude section with songs generally inspired by ideas that are central in the book.

Find the playlist on Spotify here. Song list below.

I also created a YouTube playlist that journeys through the book’s themes, with music videos inspired by each layer of the pyramid.

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Prelude: Foundations of Wisdom

  • “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” Mahalia Jackson

  • “Steadfast,” Josh Garrels

  • “Solid Rock,” Page CXVI

  • “Rock of Ages,” Jimmy Needham

  • “The Perfect Wisdom From Above,” Keith and Kristyn Getty

  • “Lady Wisdom,” Brother Isaiah

  • “Wisdom and Grace (Psalm 90),” Rain for Roots

  • “Be Thou My Vision,” Aaron Strumpel

Bible

  • “Psalm 1,” Poor Bishop Hooper

  • “How Firm a Foundation,” Maddy Prior

  • “The Wise and Foolish Builder,” Rain for Roots

  • “Speak O Lord,” Keith and Kristyn Getty

  • “Come Holy Spirit, Come,” Stephen Gordon

  • “Thy Word,” Amy Grant

  • “Will You Not Listen?” Michael Card

  • “Creed,” Rich Mullins

  • “Psalm 19,” Jess Ray

  • “May the Mind of Christ My Savior,” Ordinary Time

Church

  • “Church,” Samm Henshaw

  • “O Church Arise,” Tim Hughes

  • “Church Clap,” KB and Lecrae

  • “The Church’s One Foundation,” Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

  • “Fullness of God,” Judah

  • “Sunday Afternoon,” Jess Ray

  • “Sunday Train,” The Gray Havens

  • “Church (Take Me Back),” Cochren & Co.

  • “The Gathering,” City on a Hill

  • “The Body of Christ,” Christian Affleck

Nature

  • “Written on the Sky,” Max Richter

  • “God Speaks,” Sons of the Pioneers

  • “Creation Sings,” All Sons & Daughters

  • “No Excuse (Romans 1:18-3:20),” Psallos

  • “This Is My Father’s World,” Wilder Adkins

  • “All Creatures Of Our God and King,” Fernando Ortega

  • “Sun,” Sleeping at Last

  • “Neptune,” Sufjan Stevens

  • “This Wild Earth,” Young Oceans

  • “For the Beauty of the Earth,” Denison Witmer

Books

  • “Wrapped Up In Books,” Belle & Sebastian

  • “Library Magic,” The Head and the Heart

  • “Book Club,” Arkells

  • “Augustine,” Blood Orange

  • “Eustace Scrubb,” Sarah Sparks

  • “White Rabbit,” Jefferson Airplane

  • “Hey Jack Kerouac,” 10,000 Maniacs

  • “Paperback Writer,” The Beatles

  • “Reluctant Readers Make Reluctant Lovers,” Library Voices

  • “Sigh No More,” Mumford & Sons

Beauty

  • “Vineyard,” Strahan

  • “Taste and See,” John Mark Pantana

  • “Satisfy,” Rivers & Robots

  • “Slow Your Breath Down,” Future of Forestry

  • “Time’s Not Wasted,” Josh Gauton

  • “Suite No. 3, P. 172: III. Siciliana: Andantino,” Ottorino Respighi

  • “Untitled #4,” Sigur Ros

  • “Resurrection Symphony, 5th Movement: Pesante,” Gustav Mahler

  • “First Breath After the Coma,” Explosions in the Sky

  • “Hallelujah,” Jeff Buckley

Internet and Social Media

  • “Everything Now,” Arcade Fire

  • “Virtual Insanity,” Jamiroquai

  • “Everyday Robots,” Damon Albarn

  • “Paranoid Android,” Radiohead

  • “Get Off the Internet,” Le Tigre

  • “Look on Up,” Relient K

  • “Video Game,” Sufjan Stevens

  • “Digital Witness,” St. Vincent

  • “We Used to Wait,” Arcade Fire

  • “Total Entertainment Forever,” Father John Misty

Postlude: Trust and Obey

  • “Proverbs 3:5–6,” John Van Deusen

  • “I Will Trust My Saviour Jesus,” CityAlight

  • “Trust in You,” Antoine Bradford

  • “trust,” Sajan Nauriyal, CASS

  • “Trust and Obey,” Kendra Logozar

  • “Soli Deo Gloria,” Zambroa

  • “Benediction,” Claire Holley

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