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What did you go out into the wilderness to see? Jesus asks his followers, asks us, in Matthew 11:2-11. John the Baptist, imprisoned, has just sent his own disciples to ask Jesus: “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

This interesting passage explores a number of the questions we have already prayed with, including the identity and character of Jesus as we explored in Matthew 16 who do you say that I am? as well as Jesus’ question what are you seeking? In John 1.

What did you go out into the wilderness to see?

The latest trend? Trappings of wealth? Or a prophet? One to speak truth to power and hope to despair, one who re-energises the imagination of the people of God?

“The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us.” 
― Walter Brueggemann,The Prophetic Imagination

I invite you to be open, even playful, and curious, setting all preconceived notions aside as you are present to these words, listening for something new on the breeze of the Spirit.

Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.

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All music by Pete Hatch.