Who do we think we are? Epiphany is the season of revelation; the stories that reveal Christ’s true nature also reveal our own identity as his siblings in the family of God.  Today, as we mark the baptism of Christ we remember that we too are baptised in the same spirit.

In our gospel, Matthew 3:13-17, John does not want to baptise him, yet Jesus insists so that we might not be afraid to follow him into deep waters.  Just as the Spirit moved over the waters bringing creation into being, so the spirit moves over the waters of baptism recreating us.

The voice of God calling Christ his beloved child is for us too, we are claimed and renewed and anointed so that we might follow Christ, carrying the spirit of God into the world and working for the renewal of all people and the whole of creation.

On Sunday 11th January at 6.30pm in church, our monthly choral Evensong service.

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