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Photograph shows civil rights demonstrators outside a lunch counter in Nashville, Tennessee. From the Kelly Miller Smith Papers, Vanderbilt University Special Collections.

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Genesis 9:8-17
Psalm 25:1-10
1 Peter 3:18-22
Mark 1:9-15

You are covered by the “rainbow covenant” that God made with Noah. How do you experience that covenant?

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Jesus' fasting in the wilderness prepared him for his ministry. Lent reflects that preparation. What will you be doing, during Lent, to prepare yourself to live the post-Easter life?

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What times have you spent “in the wilderness”. What experiences for you are, spiritually, “wilderness” experiences?

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What does it mean to you that “The Kingdom of God has come near”? How do you experience “the Kingdom of God”?

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