1.0Prayer mattershttps://www.irenebom.com/prayer_mattersIrene Bomhttps://www.irenebom.com/prayer_matters/author/irenebom-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WscgD0N09O"><a href="https://www.irenebom.com/prayer_matters/2018/03/04/prepare-a-way/">Prepare a way</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.irenebom.com/prayer_matters/2018/03/04/prepare-a-way/embed/#?secret=WscgD0N09O" width="600" height="338" title="“Prepare a way” — Prayer matters" data-secret="WscgD0N09O" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.irenebom.com/prayer_matters/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> This is the first post in our March series, "Wilderness". In this short, but evocative litany John Birch captures some of the atmospherics of the wilderness as physical and emotional terrain.https://www.irenebom.com/prayer_matters/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/plants_in_snow.jpg