The Jordan, and the Wilderness Beyond. Finally, we arrive at Mark’s “birth story” – which is not about the care that an infant passively receives, but about an adult who chooses to begin again, deliberately, with a new identity as God’s Son. Our baptisms afford us this same privilege, to choose our “yes” to God’s gift. The best Christmas present ever? (But that wilderness...)

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