…doesn’t stay in baptism. by Danielle Shroyer Gospel Reading: Mark 1:9-15 For Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012:  Year B—Lent 1 Why is Mark always in such a hurry? Sometimes when I’m reading his Gospel I get the sense that he’s rolling his eyes, impatient that we’re asking him to tell the story at all. In a [...]

Who’s reading those rainbows? by Danielle Shroyer Old Testament Reading: Genesis 9:8-17 For Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012: Year B—Lent 1 I’ll be honest. I’ve always found it a bit odd when nurseries are decorated with a story about God flooding the whole earth and wiping almost everything out. Surely this is not the best first [...]