17 January 2026

Sermon Notes, Baptism of Jesus (Year A)

Baptism - Extravagance!
Not normally the descriptor...
 - simple elements 
 - accessible
 - initiation
Context matters! - dessert - water is life 
                                living water - springs - abundance
MIKVEH 
 - natural source water, living water
 - ritual immersion
 - size for full immersion - dimensions of size, volume, 144 eggs
 - Spiritual Cleansing - often after life events
Process: to make right
 - right with self
 - right with others
 - right with God
Christian liturgy follows this process/journey
 - confession
 - peace
 - eucharist
Baptism: renewal of vows and covenant
 - renew faith
 - reconnect community
 - reengage ministry
thus:
extravagance of GRACE
 - fully included (God shows no partiality)
 - fully loved (in all of us, God delights)
 - fully encouraged! To live the possibility and potential of serv ice to everyone with whom our souls connect - i.e. everyone. 
Baptism of Jesus: celebrates baptism of grace - renewal of ourselves in the extravagance of God's grace.

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