Sermon: "Water and Wilderness"
Sermon.02.21.21.Lent.I St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings Fr. Larry V. Ort Genesis 9.8-17; Psalm 25.1-9; 1 Peter 3.18-22; Mark 1.9-15 Welcome to Lent! Our gospel reading focuses on Jesus’ baptism and temptation in the wilderness. Mark describes the conclusion of Jesus’ baptism as follows: “Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came down from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with