Many of his paintings originate in the high desert wilderness where he lives. (paam.org)
Similarly, in Jesus Christ, God has spoken the Word of power to bring both social justice and physical healing into this world, but we choose to continue in our habits of injustice, destruction and physical illness — withdrawing from the fullness of God's Kingdom — because we really don't want to pay the price of uprooting our lifestyle or entering the fearful desert wilderness of the spiritual realm. (religion-online.org)
The Essenes lived in the Judean desert wilderness, and they too believed that Judaism had become corrupt. (redeeminggod.com)