In Luke, Jesus went to his quiet place no less than nine times. Just one more story; then I’ll stop. I promise. This one is from Luke 5: The news about [Jesus] spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. Crowds banging down Jesus’ front door was a regular thing. But look at the next line: Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.15 In
