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“Wilderness” is a rich and layered idea in the Old Testament - reflecting on it may offer some helpful ways forward as we seek to engage with Lent this year. By Helen Paynter 
For many of us, Lent is a time when we give something up – fast, if you like – in order to realign ourselves with God and to seek to become closer to him. In this, we are modelling ourselves on Jesus’ actions after his baptism, when “the Spirit drove him into the wilderness” (Mark 1:12) for forty days of fasting, prayer, and testing.
This year, for many of us, the idea of giving something else up is intolerable. We may feel that we have spent the whole of the last year in the wilderness, deprived of so much that we value and love. ....

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