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Your Daily Lenten Devotional March 28, 2012 Into the Wilderness Mark 11; focused on 11.12-25 “The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. From some distance away he saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and hoped … Continue reading →

Your Daily Lenten Devotional March 27, 2012 Into the Wilderness The Illusion of “Sacrifice” Hosea 6:1—6; Luke 18:9—14 Jesus himself quotes twice from this passage from Hosea in Matthew’s Gospel, both times to defend himself from the “holier than thou” … Continue reading →

Your Daily Lenten Devotional March 26, 2012 Into the Wilderness The Two Loves Are Not Separate Hosea 14:2–10; Mark 12:28–34 Our First Reading is the conclusion of the writings of the prophet Hosea. He taught an intimate, time-tried, and tender … Continue reading →

Your Daily Lenten Devotional March 23, 2012 Into the Wilderness Crucify Him! Unfortunately, it is certain that I am also one of that crowd that doesn’t give much thought to what happened. I, who am even able to write these … Continue reading →

Your Daily Lenten Devotional March 22, 2012 Into the Wilderness Final Questioning Where have your love, your mercy, your compassion shone out more luminously than in your wounds, sweet gentle Lord of mercy? More mercy than this no one has … Continue reading →

Your Daily Lenten Devotional March 20, 2012 Into the Wilderness Conversion When we have completely renounced trying to make something of ourselves–be it a saint or a converted sinner or a cleric (a so-called “priestly figure”), a righteous or unrighteous … Continue reading →

Your Daily Lenten Devotional March 19, 2012 Into the Wilderness Cain Genesis 4:1: Now Adam knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain. Adam and Eve become the proud creators of new life, a new life which, however, … Continue reading →

Your Daily Lenten Devotional
 March 16, 2012 Into the Wilderness Captive Thoughts “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 … Continue reading →

Your Daily Lenten Devotional March 15, 2012 Into the Wilderness Transfused With His Eternal Life “Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, `How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ Jesus said to them, `I tell … Continue reading →

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March 14, 2012 Into the Wilderness God-Saturated Behavior Read John 14:25-27. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your … Continue reading →