Gifts of the Spiritual Wilderness
A Lenten Devotional
J. Dana Trent
9780827212947
64 pages
Chalice Press
Overview
How does Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness intersect with our own 21st century “wilderness” experiences? In this new daily devotional readers will explore: What Jesus's experience teaches us about the gifts to be found in our modern wilderness experiences; How a spiritual drought can create a more meaningful Lent experience; What fasting, sacrifice, and tempation look like in our daily lives; and How we prepare to experience new life on the side of the Lenten journey. Through daily devotions with scripture, meditations, practices, prayers, and "living water" tools for our parched lives, Trent guides us on a contemplative and transformative journey through the wilderness to resurrection living.
• What Jesus’ experience teaches us about the gifts to be found in our modern wilderness experience
• How a spiritual drought can create a more meaningful Lent experience
• What fasting, sacrifice, and temptation look like in our daily lives
• How we prepare to experience new life on the other side of the Lenten journey
Through daily devotions with scripture, meditations, practices, prayers, and “living water” tools for our parched lives, Trent guides us on a contemplative and transformative journey through the wilderness to resurrection living.
Author Bio
J. Dana Trent is an award-winning author of four books, and professor of World Religions and Critical Thinking at Wake Tech Community College. An ordained Baptist minister and former hospital chaplain, her work has been featured on Time.com, Religion News Service, Religion Dispatches, as well as in Sojourners and The Christian Century. She is a graduate of Duke Divinity School.
