Baptism conveys to us the promise of Jesus’ baptism and transfiguration, death and resurrection: serve God and seek justice. Things may not turn out well for you, but you’ll be OK.

Scripture doesn’t say we can;t get angry: it says to focus our anger on things, nit people. Anger is an emotion that we feel; love is an action we take. We can do both at the same time.

You don’t need to be enlightened: you are light. The challenge is to shine with the light of our true souls– which changes the world,.

The beatitudes invite us to seek communion with God instead of the world’s values, living by the grace of God instead of our own effort or power.

The Beloved is entering into the present moment: the Divine Presence here and how. Jesus says,”Follow me.” Do everything to get close to the Divine in this moment.

Jesus takes away our sin, but we have to stop sinning. In the context of racism, we have to be actively anti-racist. We may feel like vulnerable lambs, but the Spirit empowers us.

Baptism promises we are God’s Beloved, and also sends us into the wilderness to discern our calling and our gifts to live out the life of the Beloved.

In the shadow of tyrants of evil, the magi invite us to be the royalty of wisdom, wizards of love, seeking the sovereign of humanity in others.