“The one thing I love most about the Baptism of our Lord text is not just that God the Father says ‘This is my son, the beloved with whom I am well pleased’, but that God says this – before Jesus had really done anything. Think about that. God did not say ‘this is my son in whom I am well pleased because he has proved to me that he deserves it, he has quiet time with me each morning and always reads his Torah and because boy can he heal a leper.’ – Nadia Bolz Weber Readings: Isaiah 42:1-9 Matthew 3:13-17 Beginning with Beloved: A Blessing - by Jan Richardson |