Beyond the wilderness (Deuteronomy 26:1-11)
Deuteronomy offers instructions for what to do after not 40 days but 40 years of wandering.
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I’ll be honest: some years I’d offer a not-small amount to have the lectionary serve up this Deuteronomy reading during “stewardship season” instead of at the beginning of Lent.
