Lent by Heart: How to Memorize the Gospel Stories of the Passion and Death: Learn a Verse a Day for the Season of Lent

Looking for a new devotion this Lent? Learn the Gospel stories of the Passion by heart.This unique series of short, easy memory lessons makes the memorizing simple. Every day during Lent, you'll learn one new verse of the Passion stories.Many books offer a daily verse, but how long do you remember what you merely read? Learning these stories, verse by verse, will lift your thoughts to a new level. As you renew these stories, you'll find new meanings and images in the familiar words.Think you have a bad memory? Impossible! You've just proven that your memory is excellent (see page 30). Lent by Heart will show you how to use your memory in new ways.But don't worry, you won't need crazy memory tricks. Instead, you'll learn how to make the Bible come alive through expression, your imagination, and even rhythm (see page 21). With an innovative combination of simple techniques like these, you'll make these stories part of you.Lent is meant to help us think new thoughts. But you can only think with what you remember.==================================PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS: (Some sections omitted. For full contents, use "Look Inside!")Learn the Passion During Lent"What are you doing for Lent?"The Two Goals of a Lenten SacrificeYou're Ready to Make the EffortBuilt-in Daily Time With ChristHow This Book Will Help You Learn the Passion This LentThe Stories of the Passion from MarkMark 15: Good FridayCondemned by PilateCrucifixionBurialBooks by Heart: Passion and DeathSpeaking Out the VersesSpeak OutLoudlySlowlyRhythmExpression (These Words Are Alive)Your Memorizing PlanA Daily VerseWhy Only One Verse a Day?Why You Can MemorizeYour Daily RoutineStories, Not Memory TricksTake the Verses InSee the WordsHear the WordsFeel the RhythmsFeel the Shapes of the Words in Your Tongue and MouthRenew Your VersesExperienceMove Through the Words into ThoughtsImagining Is a New SkillImagining Is ConnectingImagining Brings DelightYour New Daily RoutineSpaced Repetition and "Smart" IntervalsA Simpler Method: Repeat Every DaySay Recent Verses More Often If NeededYour Daily Verse RoutineCrafting Your RoutineDaily Recitation Times + Chart = HabitBible StoriesGospels as StoriesRemembering StoriesReciting in Different WaysRenewing Is Its Own RewardA Beautiful, Old, Oral TranslationMove With the RhythmsThe Palaces of MemoryWhat About Mnemonics?You've Learned How to Learn Verses!Keeping What You've LearnedFirst, Keep RepeatingThen, Recite The Stories Once a MonthReady for More?Use This Book Next LentCelebrate What You've LearnedKeep in TouchOther Passion Narratives, Specially FormattedMark 14Matthew 26-27Luke 22-23John 13--19Let Me KnowAbout the Author==================================This book includes the Basic Books by Heart(TM) lessons. These lessons are specially adapted for these Lenten stories.