Lent 1: Where the Wild Things Are (Sunday 26 February 2012)

In the Mark 1:9-15 reading we have Jesus being baptized by John in the Jordan and God’s words of promise and affirmation “this is my beloved Son, and I am fully pleased with you”. The very next step though, was that Jesus then immediately was compelled by the Spirit, into the wilderness where he experienced a time of testing, and when it conclud- ed, “the fullness of God drew near.” (Mark 1:15)