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The Wild Places – Day 29 Friday, April 19On our final day of Bible reading in Lent, we’ll read the whole of Mark 15, a long passage, but I will keep my comments at the end brief. I encourage you to read slowly, imagining yourself present as a witness, even if the material is very familiar.  … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 30 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 30 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 28 Thursday, April 18 Mark 14:53-72 (CEB) 53 They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders, and legal experts gathered. 54 Peter followed him from a distance, right into the high priest’s courtyard. He was sitting with the guards, warming himself by the fire. 55 The chief priests and … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 29 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 29 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 27 Wednesday, April 17 Mark 14:27-52 (CEB) 27 Jesus said to them, “You will all falter in your faithfulness to me. It is written, I will hit the shepherd, and the sheep will go off in all directions. 28 But after I’m raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” 29 Peter said to him, … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 28 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 28 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 26 Tuesday, April 16 Matthew 14:10-26 (CEB)10 Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to give Jesus up to them. 11 When they heard it, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So he started looking for an opportunity to turn him in. 12 On the first day of … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 27 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 27 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 25 Monday, April 15Jesus’ God-with-us life reaches its climax in the week of his death. This one week in Jesus’ life takes roughly a third of the text in the gospel accounts. We’ll join Jesus for the final two days of this week, sometimes called The Passion, referring to Jesus’ suffering … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 26 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 26 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 24 Friday, April 12  Mark 5:21-43 (CEB)  21 Jesus crossed the lake again, and on the other side a large crowd gathered around him on the shore. 22 Jairus, one of the synagogue leaders, came forward. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet 23 and pleaded with him, … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 25 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 25 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 23 Thursday, April 11  Mark 5:1-20 (CEB)  Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes. 2 As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out of the tombs. 3 This man … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 24 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 24 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 22 Wednesday, April 10  Mark 4:35-41 (CEB)  35 Later that day, when evening came, Jesus said to them, “Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake.” 36 They left the crowd and took him in the boat just as he was. Other boats followed along.  37 Gale-force winds … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 23 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 23 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 21 Tuesday, April 9  Matthew 4:1-11 (CEB)  Then the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him. 2 After Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nights, he was starving. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “Since you are God’s Son, … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 22 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 22 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 20 Monday, April 8 The Jesus tradition teaches that in Jesus, God became flesh and lived – and still lives – among us. One fancy word for how Jesus did this is kenosis – the emptying of God’s status and power that was part of Jesus being fully human, just … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 21 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 21 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 19 Friday, April 5 Psalm 27 (CEB) 27 The Lord is my light and my salvation.         Should I fear anyone?     The Lord is a fortress protecting my life.         Should I be frightened of anything? 2 When evildoers come at me trying to eat me up—     it’s they, my foes and my enemies,     who stumble and fall! … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 20 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 20 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 18 Thursday, April 4 Psalm 77 (CEB) 77 I cry out loud to God—     out loud to God so that he can hear me! 2 During the day when I’m in trouble I look for my Lord.     At night my hands are still outstretched and don’t grow numb;         my whole being refuses to … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 19 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 19 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 17 Wednesday, April 3 Psalm 73 (CEB) 73 Truly God is good to Israel,     to those who are have a pure heart. 2 But me? My feet had almost stumbled;     my steps had nearly slipped 3     because I envied the arrogant;     I observed how the wicked are well off: 4 They suffer no pain; … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 18 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 18 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 16 Tuesday, April 2 Psalm 137 (CEB) 137 Alongside Babylon’s streams,     there we sat down,     crying because we remembered Zion. 2 We hung our lyres up     in the trees there 3     because that’s where our captors asked us to sing;     our tormentors requested songs of joy:     “Sing us a song about Zion!” they … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 17 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 17 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 15 Monday, April 1 Last week, we read some of ancient Israel’s stories of exile – one of the great wild places of their collective historical and spiritual consciousness. This week we’ll read some of the poetry of exile – the expressions of sadness, anger, doubt, and faith hard and … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 16 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 16 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 14 Friday, March 29 Daniel 3:19-30 (CEB) 19 Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his face twisted beyond recognition because of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. In response he commanded that the furnace be heated to seven times its normal heat. 20 He told some of the strongest men in his army to bind … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 15 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 15 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 13 Thursday, March 28 Daniel 3:1-18 (CEB) 3 King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue. It was ninety feet high and nine feet wide. He set it up in the Dura Valley in the province of Babylon.2 King Nebuchadnezzar then ordered the chief administrators, ministers, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 14 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 14 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 12 Wednesday, March 27 Daniel 1 (CEB) 1 In the third year of the rule of Judah’s King Jehoiakim, Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar came to Jerusalem and attacked it. 2 The Lord handed Judah’s King Jehoiakim over to Nebuchadnezzar, along with some of the equipment from God’s house. Nebuchadnezzar took these to Shinar, to … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 13 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 13 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 11 Tuesday, March 26 II Chronicles 36:11-23 (CEB) 11 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did what was evil in the Lord his God’s eyes and didn’t submit before the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke for the Lord. 13 Moreover, he rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, despite … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 12 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 12 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 10 Monday, March 25The great wild place of the Old Testament is ancient Israel’s exile into foreign lands. The two halves of the divided kingdom were defeated by regional superpowers in the 8th and 6th centuries B.C. In exile, people questioned their faith and had to come to grips with failure, loss, powerlessness, … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 11 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 11 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 9 Friday, March 22 Numbers 13:17-33 17 When Moses sent them out to explore the land of Canaan, he said to them, “Go up there into the arid southern plain and into the mountains.18 You must inspect the land. What is it like? Are the people who live in it strong or … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 10 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 10 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 8 Thursday, March 21 Exodus 33:12-34:9 12 Moses said to the Lord, “Look, you’ve been telling me, ‘Lead these people forward.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. Yet you’ve assured me, ‘I know you by name and think highly of you.’13 Now if you do think highly of … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 9 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 9 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 7 Wednesday, March 20 Exodus 32:1-14 32 The people saw that Moses was taking a long time to come down from the mountain. They gathered around Aaron and said to him, “Come on! Make us gods who can lead us. As for this man Moses who brought us up out of the … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 8 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 8 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 6 Tuesday, March 19 Exodus 20:1-21 (CEB) 20 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 You must have no other gods before me. 4 Do not make an idol for yourself—no form whatsoever—of anything in the sky above … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 7 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 7 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 5 Monday, March 18 We continue in our second week of Lent reading passages from the wilderness narratives that sit between Israel’s deliverance from slavery and their arrival in the Promised Land. The founding stories of this people of faith include rescue and promise, but also the chaos and confusion … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 6 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 6 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 4 Friday, March 15 Exodus 17:1-7 17 The whole Israelite community broke camp and set out from the Sin desert to continue their journey, as the Lord commanded. They set up their camp at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.2 The people argued with Moses and said, “Give us … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 5 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 5 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 3 Thursday, March 14 Exodus 16:13-3013 In the evening a flock of quail flew down and covered the camp. And in the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp. 14 When the layer of dew lifted, there on the desert surface were thin flakes, as thin as frost on … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 4 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 4 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 2 Wednesday, March 13 Exodus 16:1-12 16 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Sin desert, which is located between Elim and Sinai. They set out on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt.2 The whole Israelite community complained against … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 3 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 3 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Day 1 Tuesday, March 12 We’ll spend the first two weeks of Lent reading passages from the wilderness narratives that sit between Israel’s deliverance from slavery and their arrival in the Promised Land. The founding stories of this people of faith include rescue and promise, but also the chaos and confusion … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 2 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 2 appeared first on Reservoir Church.

The Wild Places – Introduction Monday, March 11 We begin our guide with our longest passage – a poem of encounter and discovery in wild places.  Psalm 107 (CEB) “Give thanks to the Lord because he is good,         because his faithful love lasts forever!” 2 That’s what those who are redeemed by the Lord say,     the ones God redeemed from … Continue reading The Wild Places Bible Guide – 1 The post The Wild Places Bible Guide – 1 appeared first on Reservoir Church.