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LENT SERMON FROM ONE WHO WANDERS IN THE WILDERNESS: Deacon Jess Foster

From Deacon Jess Foster's blog A sermon based on the reading set for the first Sunday of Lent. Matthew 4 1-11 A cultural desert, I feel deserted, the desert is barren, it’s a wilderness out there. I like words and I enjoy thinking about what words we put together and what words sound like each … Continue reading LENT SERMON FROM ONE WHO WANDERS IN THE WILDERNESS: Deacon Jess Foster

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March 16, 2020January 7, 2022Deacon Jess Foster, desert temptations, Lot's wife, Negev, physical needs, risk comfort, wilderness1 Comment

 

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