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Reliving the Passion: Meditations on the Suffering, Death, and the Resurrection of Jesus as Recorded in Mark.
No story has more significance than this: the death and resurrection of Jesus. But somehow the oft-repeated tale of Christ's passion can become too familiar, too formalized, for us to experience its incredible immediacy. The meditations in Reliving the Passion, which received a Gold Medallion Award in 1993, follow the story as given in the gospel of Mark---from the moment...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
February 25th 1992
by Zondervan
(first published 1992)
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After I downloaded a sample and found myself repeatedly underlining from the introduction, I bought the full book on the spot. The rest of this Lent devotional wasn’t quite as spectacular as that poignant introduction, but I still found it a moving and helpful book for focusing my heart in the weeks leading up to Resurrection Sunday. Wangerin made a powerful argument for the importance of really slowing down and fixing our eyes on the cross, for without first entering into the depth of Jesus’ su...more
A wonderful Lenten daily devotion that causes the reader to slow down and take The Passion as presented in the Gospel of Mark much more intentionally. The author's various perspectives are so much more than his own reflections. He has taken some literary license to add first-person observer/participant lenses to the story, some of which are simply evocative. The author colors with details of scenes that perhaps most often get taken for granted, or left completely unconsidered.
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Aug 02, 2011
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by far one of the best devotional books I've ever seen. The way Wangerin tells a story is incredible. He communicates emotion, theology, and beauty all in one sentence. If you take some time with this 40 days of Lent devotional I promise you will have new perspectives on Christ's passion
Incredibly powerful and beautifully written Lenten devotional. Wangerin's exceptional storytelling ability and obvious love of the Lord make the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus immediate and palpable.
This was my lenten companion this past month. Wangerin did a good job in helping me enter into the moment, reflect & feel Christi's and His followers journey to the cross, tomb & resurrection.
Dec 26, 2010
Michelle
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Rec. by Ann Voskamp for Lent. Poetic, sharp words, kindling the heart to the inestimable worth of Christ. Guiding the reader on a forty day passion journey through the gospel of Mark.
This is a great Lenten devotional. Walter Wangerin is a master with words--made me feel as if I was right there with Jesus. I plan to use this book again next year--I recommend it highly.
I love this meditation. I read through it every year during lent.
Apr 11, 2013
Yvonne
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My ever best Lent book, to pass 40 days through the eyes of participants and spectators, being part of the story of My Lord.
Heart-felt, poetic, and vivid
Devotions for the 40 days of Lent. The author makes you feel like you are there with Jesus. Plan to read it each Lent.
Enjoyed reading this through Lent!
It was ok. I bought it because the sample was so good, but the rest of the book didn't click with me as well as the Prologue.
I would rate 3.5 if there were such a thing. There were parts that blew me away and other parts that didn't. Was a good devotional for Lent.
Apr 20, 2009
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Wonderful! Especially since I've missed reading it the last few years.
I've read this book twice during Lent season and it's definitely life-changing. It puts the events surrounding Jesus' sacrifice into a very personal and new perspective.
Absolutely my favorite Lenten devotional.
Good book to read for lent. Makes one think about various parts of Jesus' suffering.
Good Lenten preparation, though it did not feel right as part of the family devotions.
i have read this a few times during lent. quite powerful.
I love this book every year.
Lenten meditation.
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Walter Wangerin Jr. is widely recognized as one of the most gifted writers writing today on the issues of faith and spirituality. Starting with the renowned Book of the Dun Cow, Wangerin's writing career has encompassed most every genre: fiction, essay, short story, children's story, meditation, and biblical exposition. His writing voice is immediately recognizable, and his fans number in the mill...more
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“The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness dies. It can't stand pain. Joy, on the other hand, rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief. Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and of endurance into character, and of character into hope--and the hope that has become our joy does not (as happiness must for those who depend up on it) disappoint us.”
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“For what was your gesture? An act of pure love for Jesus particularly. It was an act so completely focused upon the Christ that not a dram of worldly benefit was gained thereby. Nothing could justify the spillage of some three hundred days' wages, except love alone. [...] The disciples, in fact, were offended by an act that produced nothing, accomplished nothing, fed no poor, served no need. They reproached you as a wastrel. They were offended by the absurd, an act devoted absolutely to love, to love alone. But Jesus called it 'beautiful.”
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