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2014 by Marlena Graves
Published by Brazos Press
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www . brazospress .com
Ebook edition created 2014
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ISBN 978-1-4412-4645-5
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
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title page
copyright page
foreword by john ortberg and laura ortberg turner
part 1
this wilderness life
1. the way of the desert and beautiful souls
2. who am i?
3. to your cell for goodnesss sake
4. loved into resurrection
5. testing and temptation
6. careless in the care of God
7. waiting around for God
8. the death of a dream
9. the God who sees me
part 2
wilderness gifts
10. weak and wise athletes of God
11. trembling in fear and adoration
12. children in the kingdom of God
13. a human being fully alive
notes
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wilderness
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foreword
. http://www.dwillard.org/articles/artview.asp?artID=58.
chapter 1: the way of the desert and beautiful souls
. John Stott, The Cross of Christ (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1986), 320.
. Audioslave, Show Me How To Live, A-Z Lyrics Universe (website), http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/audioslave/showmehowtolive.html, accessed January 15, 2014.
. St. John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul , ed. and trans. E. Allison Peers (New York: Image, 1990), 119.
. N. T. Wright, The Way of The Lord: Christian Pilgrimage Today (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999), 36.
. Eugene Peterson, Leap over a Wall: Earthy Spirituality for Everyday Christians (New York: HarperCollins, 1997), 73.
. C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1967), 94.
. Bradley Nassif, The Poverty of Love, Christianity Today , April 30, 2008, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/may/11.34.html.
. Peterson, Leap over a Wall , 73.
. Robert Barry Leal, Wilderness in the Bible: Toward a Theology of Wilderness (New York: Peter Lang, 2004), 9798.
chapter 2: who am i?
. Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel, What is the meaning of the names Esau and Jacob?, Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel: Unorthodox Jewish reflections on the issue of our day (blog), November 2009, http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2009/11/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-names-esau-and-jacob.
. Ibid.
. Ibid.
F. Markquart, Wrestling with God (Jacob), Sermons from Seattle (website), http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_c_wrestling_with_god.htm, accessed August 23, 2011.
. Ibid.
. Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited (Boston: Beacon Press, 1976), 28.
. Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation (New York: New Directions, 1972), 34. http://www.fisheaters.com/srpdf/xThomasMertonNewSeedsOfContemplation.pdf, accessed December 22, 2013.
. Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1998), 62.
. Greg Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion (New York: Free Press, 2010), 22.
. John Chryssavgis, Light through Darkness: The Orthodox Tradition (New York: Orbis Books, 2004), 65.
chapter 3: to your cell for goodnesss sake
. John Baillie, John T. McNeill, and Henry P. Van Dusen, eds., The Library of Christian Classics , vol. 12, Western Asceticism , trans., introduction, and notes Owen Chadwick (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1958), http://archive.org/stream/libraryofchristi008770mbp.
. John L. Allen Jr., Pope on Homosexuals: Who Am I to Judge?, National Catholic Reporter , July 29, 2013, http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-homosexuals-who-am-i-judge.
. Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner, Religion and Ethics News Weekly, May 5, 2006, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2006/05/05/may-5-2006-frederick-buechner/15314/.
. C. S. Lewis, preface to Paradise Lost as quoted in Journaling with C. S. Lewis, explorefaith.org (website), 2005, http://www.explorefaith.org/tools/guided_journaling/guided_journaling_with_the_words_of_c.s._lewis.php.
. C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , The Chronicles of Narnia (New York: Collier Books, 1970), 91.
chapter 4: loved into resurrection
. Nicholas Wolterstorff, Until Justice and Peace Embrace (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987), 6970.
. Ibid.
. Greg Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart : The Power of Boundless Compassion (New York: Free Press, 2010), 44.
. Jean Vanier, From Brokenness to Community (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1992), 15.
. Anthony de Mello, The Way to Love: Meditations for Life (New York: Image, 1992), 96.
. Here I am not speaking of self-defense or physically defending innocent people from harm.
Bonhoeffer, Life Together (New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1954), 34.
. Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God, in Bernard of Clairvaux: Selected Works , The Classics of Western Spirituality Series (New York: Paulist Press, 1987), 179.
. Bradley Nassif, The Poverty of Love, Christianity Today , April 30, 2008, http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/may/11.34.html.
. Dennis Okholm, Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants (Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2007), 91.
. James Bryan Smith, The Good and Beautiful Life: Putting on the Character of Christ (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2009), 189.
. Jan Johnson, Invitation to the Jesus Life: Experiments in Christlikeness (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2008), 19.
chapter 5: testing and temptation
. Blaise Pascal, Pensees , www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm, accessed December 26, 2013.
. Hannah and Her Sisters , directed by Woody Allen (Los Angeles: Orion Pictures, 1986).
. C. S. Lewis, Reflection on the Psalms (New York: Harvest Book, 1964), 2832.
. Shawn and I spoke up on behalf of our friend and others who became targets. We suffered greatly because of it. Yet we wouldnt change a thing. In chapter 6, I describe what happened after we refused to remain silent about the injustices we witnessed firsthand.
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