This is the first episode of our series, "Learning To... "available each Monday through  April 1, 2024. This episode is led by Pastor Carolyn Hetrick of Grace Lutheran Church, State College, PA. Each week features breath prayer, a passage from scripture, music and reflection before sending you out with grace for the journey. This episode is "Learning to Trust God" as we think about Jesus in the wilderness that seemed unending and challenging, and yet where God promised to provide for him and did.
Today's scripture: Mark 1:9-15
Today's music:

• Thomas Keesecker's "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley," from The Quiet Journey, was recorded by pianist Adam H. Smith . Copyright (c) 2018 Birnamwood Publications (ASCAP), a division of MorningStar Music Publishers. Tune: LONESOME VALLEY and SOJOURNER. Non-commercial recording made available with permission from MorningStar, March, 2022.  Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-700989. All rights reserved.
• Judy Nishimura's restful and joyful arrangement of "Just As I Am" (© 2020 ALRY Publications, www.alrypublications.com, United Music & Media Publishers) is used with permission from ALRY and was recorded for use by Laurel Sanders, flute.

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