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“Jacob was left alone;” - Genesis 32:24a

Module Two: Alone

In preparation for this week's material, please read Chapters 5–8 of Till We Have Faces.

After you have completed the above, choose one of the the following:

  • Podcast: The Lonely Hour Podcast offers us space to reflect on loneliness and solitude during the lenten season. While we recommend listening to the first episode to gain context about the podcast, feel free to choose an episode that has a subject that interests you.

  • Poem: “Experience” by Carl Sandburg

  • Video: “The Longest Way” The following video on a man's journey from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan contains explicit language.

This is a stroll from July 31st, 2016 in Khorgas, China until January 25th, 2017 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Lots of cats and dogs to be petted along the way. And the stroll is not over, yet.