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Patterns, His Language
Feb 18, 2026 | By Emma Ventresca BF ’26
The language of “setting out into the desert” is frequently associated with Lent, but I would like to call to mind another image of “setting out.” Recall the moment when Jesus asks Simon Peter to “put out into deep water,” when He first calls him and his brother Andrew to be His disciples. After they raise the nets bursting with their catch, Simon Peter falls to his knees and says, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.” Fervently convicted of Christ’s identity as savior, Simon Peter embarks upon a life of apostleship as a fisher of men.
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Writing Voice Workshop
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