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2018/01/07 By Barry Leave a Comment

Why did Jesus get baptized?

As I have mentioned more than once before, one of the most aggravating things about following the Lectionary is having to go over the same thing every year; also, one of the best things about the Lectionary is going over the same thing every year. Seems I’m a little conflicted. The aggravation comes from the […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year B Tagged With: baptism, Baptism of Christ, Baptism of our Lord, Baptism of the Lord, dove, holy spirit, incarnation, Jesus, John the Baptist, preaching

2017/01/08 By Barry Leave a Comment

We don’t get to say

This is another Liturgical year so we are have another opportunity to think about Jesus’ baptism. This is one of the trickier Sundays of the year because there aren’t any definitive answers as to why Jesus was baptized, at least not definitive for me. I must confess that I wasn’t looking forward to this Sunday […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year A Tagged With: Baptism of Christ, Baptism of our Lord, Baptism of the Lord, John the Baptist, preaching

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