old testament preachers, men like eisaiah and elijah. one voice is louder and reaches further than any other. even though john the baptist bathes himself at the edge of the wilderness, people come far and wide to hear his uncompromising message. geographically speaking, he s from the margins. he goes out away from the center of power to the wilderness and draws people to himself. it may seem to us obvious that jesus is more important but at the time if we been alive, we would know the name john the baptist but we do not know the name of jesus. john now condemns the religious establishment. my god, john was angry of the
she was drawn to spirituality and for a time to a little known religious group who called itself the emissaries of divine light. i remember her saying that she felt she felt at home there. she did that, though. she religion bounced searching for somewhere to belong. and then finally she and the family seemed to find it. a place to belong. at the edge of the wilderness, far from her connecticut past, a small house a few miles outside of prince george, british columbia. denis took a job at a local lumber mill. wendy found work off and on as a substitute teacher at the local high school. that might have been the whole story really except, well, every drama needs a catalyst, right? one day in 1995, denis returned from work at the sawmill and told him family how a log hit his shoulder, knocked him out cold. when he tried to return to work,
but from the fringes of this civilization, one voice is louder and reaches further than any other. even though john the baptist bases himself at the edge of the wilderness, people come from far and wide to hear his uncompromising message. geographically speaking, he s actually from the margins. he goes out, away from the center of power, to the wilderness and draws people to himself. it might seem to us today, obvious that jesus is more important, but at the time, if we d been alive in the first century of palestine, we would know the name of john the baptist, but we might not know the name of jesus. the son of a jewish cleric, john now condemns the religious establishment. my god, john was angry with the priestly because they had become a very exploitive class. in an echo of old testament
speaks plenty. i m here to warn you! but from the fringes of this civilization, one voice is louder and reaches further than any other. even though john the baptist bases himself at the edge of the wilderness, people come from far and wide to hear his uncompromising message. geographically speaking, he s actually from the margins. he goes out, away from the center of power, to the wilderness and draws people to himself. it might seem to us today, obvious that jesus is more important, but at the time, if we d been alive in the first century of palestine, we would know the name of john the baptist, but we might not know the name of jesus. the son of a jewish cleric, john now condemns the religious establishment. my god, john was angry with the priestly because they had become a very exploitive class.