Vol 4:2 Mission and Baptism – Being Immersed in Humanity

This past Sunday our congregation focused on encountering God in our baptisms by exploring Jesus’ baptism as expressed in Luke’s Gospel. In Luke’s account we read of Jesus’ baptism by John in water followed by the Spirit of God being poured out upon him. But Jesus was baptized in another sense as well – a baptism that preceded both of these baptisms – a baptism into our...

Vol 3:1 Participating with God in God’s Mission in the Ordinary Rhythms of Our Lives

For those who do not follow a liturgical calendar, we are entering the season of Epiphany. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning “manifestation.” Epiphany is a time of God’s presence being revealed through the discovery by the magi that God has come to be among us in being born as a human being in the person of Jesus. God being manifested in Jesus reveals God up close and personal to the...