Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Baptism of Our Lord

  • As a new year begins, we are drawn to being better than we are. Which is good. But above that is God’s love.

  • The Baptism of Jesus is the beginning of the story. And it reminds us of the central theme of the gospel is new life.

  • When we celebrate the baptism of Jesus, we are remembering why this, rather than birth, is the beginning of his, and our, story.

  • Beloved

    As traditions go, baptism is pretty straight forward. And just like everything else, we often lose track of the point: God.

  • And here, at the font, is where we begin. We get the chance to repent and return. We get the chance to realign and to be given a new opportunity. To shake that Etch-a-Sketch we call a life and try again. We get to go through baptism once, but we can keep getting wet. We…