Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Baptism doesn’t mean safety or security. Just ask Jesus. It means presence. It means community. That’s our gift; that’s the joy--for us and then through us to the world. That’s what we have to offer. There are no secret answers, no quick fixes, no easy steps to a better life; there is presence. “Best of all,”” John Wesley supposedly said on his deathbed, God is with us.” Amen.