Epiphany 1A

• Isaiah 42.1-9
• Acts 10.34-43
• Matthew 3.13-17

Homily

The most unusual baptism I’ve ever been present at took place at the YMCA beach on the Sea of Galilee. A friend, a Presbyterian Minister, was conducting the baptism of a teenage lad. My friend grabbed the lad’s hair and kept his head right down in the water. He started counting. 1, 2, 3…