feeling extremely normal about Jesus's baptism right now. like, about the fact that at the very start of his ministry he reveals his dedication to living a fully human life and truly being one of us, and at the same time this is the revelation of his identity as the Christ, when the heavens open and the Spirit descends and the Father speaks: "You are my beloved Son". I'm feeling very normal about that.
I'm also feeling very normal about the fact that Mark opens with this. we get "the beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ" and then immediately we get the baptism.
and about the fact that Jesus's baptism sets the tone for how he will lead throughout the gospels - not as someone who is apart from and above everyone else and telling them what to do and how to live, but as someone whose teaching and leadership is fundamentally defined by solidarity and participation. he does not simply show up and instruct people to get baptized - he gets baptized. he does not simply show up and tell people to take up their cross - he goes to his death on the cross. and he does not simply show up and command people to love - he loves enough to lay down his life and continue to love, through death and into resurrection.
I'm feeling very normal about this
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