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.

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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 Sacrifice
• You're Ready to Make the Effort
• Built-in Daily Time With Christ
• How This Book Will Help You Learn the Passion This Lent
• The Stories of the Passion from Mark
• Mark 15: Good Friday
• Condemned by Pilate
• Crucifixion
• Burial
• Books by Heart: Passion and Death
• Speaking Out the Verses
• Speak Out
• Loudly
• Slowly
• Rhythm
• Expression (These Words Are Alive)
• Your Memorizing Plan
• A Daily Verse
• Why Only One Verse a Day?
• Why You Can Memorize
• Your Daily Routine
• Stories, Not Memory Tricks
• Take the Verses In
• See the Words
• Hear the Words
• Feel the Rhythms
• Feel the Shapes of the Words in Your Tongue and Mouth
• Renew Your Verses
• Experience
• Move Through the Words into Thoughts
• Imagining Is a New Skill
• Imagining Is Connecting
• Imagining Brings Delight
• Your New Daily Routine
• Spaced Repetition and "Smart" Intervals
• A Simpler Method: Repeat Every Day
• Say Recent Verses More Often If Needed
• Your Daily Verse Routine
• Crafting Your Routine
• Daily Recitation Times + Chart = Habit
• Bible Stories
• Gospels as Stories
• Remembering Stories
• Reciting in Different Ways
• Renewing Is Its Own Reward
• A Beautiful, Old, Oral Translation
• Move With the Rhythms
• The Palaces of Memory
• What About Mnemonics?
• You've Learned How to Learn Verses!
• Keeping What You've Learned
• First, Keep Repeating
• Then, Recite The Stories Once a Month
• Ready for More?
• Use This Book Next Lent
• Celebrate What You've Learned
• Keep in Touch
• Other Passion Narratives, Specially Formatted
• Mark 14
• Matthew 26-27
• Luke 22-23
• John 13--19
• Let Me Know
• About the Author

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This book includes the Basic Books by Heart(TM) lessons. These lessons are specially adapted for these Lenten stories.