It’s a new year.  It’s time for a fresh start, a clean start with Jesus.  It’s time to leave behind the sins, the guilt, the shame and the regret of the last year.  It is time to leave behind all the should’ve, would’ve, and could’ve of the past year.  It’s time to leave it all behind in the Jordan River.  It’s time to leave it all behind in our baptism.  So, let it be done.  Let it be gone.   That’s where Mark takes us as he begins the story of Jesus in his gospel.  It’s where we begin this new series.  Mark 1:​​​​​​​1, 4-11