Baptism can be something we take for granted today as normal. Christians have practiced baptism for thousands of years and we can forget just how odd it would have been. Even still, to read of the baptism of Jesus seems to be out of place. It doesn't seem to fit what we know about baptism and about Jesus. However when you understand that baptism is about more than the moment, but a bigger story---you begin to understand why Jesus came to the water.