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How Does Jesus’ Baptism Invite Us into Beloved Solidarity Today? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  3,
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  Message
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  river
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  right
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  now
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  in
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  this
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  baptism.
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  John
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  moment
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  him
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  love,
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  delight
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  my
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  today
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  about
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  this
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  incredible
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  passage
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  of
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  the
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  baptism
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  Jesus
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  John
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  there,
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  the
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  one
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  who
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  needs
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  baptized,
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  not
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  you.
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  Jesus
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  is
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  insistent,
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  saying,
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  do
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  it.
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  right.
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  then
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  talks
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  about
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  descending
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  voice
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  is
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  my
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  the
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  delight
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  of
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  my
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  life.
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  what
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  power.
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  Let's
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  get
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  some
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  points
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  to
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  ponder.
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  The
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  first
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  one
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  is
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  that
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  Jesus
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  chooses
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  solidarity
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  over
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  superiority.
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  He
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  doesn't
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  stand
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  apart,
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  he
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  stands
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  in
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  the
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  water
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  with
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  us.
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  Jesus
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  say,
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  put
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  things
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  right
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  through
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  embodied
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  allyship,
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  showing
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  up
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  with
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  those
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  on
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  the
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  margins
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  and
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  inside
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  systems
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  that
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  need
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  repair.
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  In
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  for
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  cancer,
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  this
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  looks
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  very
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  practical.
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  Meals,
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  rides,
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  humor
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  to
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  help
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  carry
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  the
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  day.
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  Solidarity
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  isn't
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  a
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  slogan.
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  It's
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  the
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  water
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  we
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  wade
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  through
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  together.
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  Another
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  point
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  to
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  ponder
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  is
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  belovedness
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  comes
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  performance.
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  Says
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  here
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  the
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  voice,
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  the
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  of
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  love
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  arrives
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  before
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  any
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  miracles
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  sermons,
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  says
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  marked
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  by
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  my
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  love,
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  the
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  delight
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  of
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  my
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  life.
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  Wow.
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  Progressive
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  faith
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  resists
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  shame
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  based
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  religion
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  and
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  expands
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  belonging
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  to
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  everybody.
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  Every
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  story,
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  every
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  identity
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  is
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  held
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  in
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  divine
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  delight.
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  a
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  grandfather
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  of
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  two
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  really
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  giggling
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  wonderful
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  granddaughters
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  who
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  still
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  laugh
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  at
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  my
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  jokes
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  like
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  to
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  pull
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  my
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  beard
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  and
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  and
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  I
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  want
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  them
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  and
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  every
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  I
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  want
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  them
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  to
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  know
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  and
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  everybody
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  know,
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  every
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  neighbor
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  to
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  know
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  that
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  they're
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  beloved
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  without
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  earning
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  it.
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  One
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  more
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  point
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  to
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  ponder.
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  Baptism
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  is
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  public
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  embodied
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  justice
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  work
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  powered
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  by
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  a
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  gentle
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  spirit.
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  Jesus
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  says
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  this
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  moment
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  is
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  about
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  putting
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  things
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  right.
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  So
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  baptism
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  isn't
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  escapist
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  spirituality.
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  It's
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  a
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  community
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  ritual
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  that
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  launches
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  repair,
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  health
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  care,
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  access,
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  creation
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  care,
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  fair
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  housing,
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  safer
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  streets,
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  spirit
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  shaped
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  public
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  good
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  and
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  teamwork
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  together
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  thriving.
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  In
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  other
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  words,
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  it's
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  all
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  called
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  together.
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  Here
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  in
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  this
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  baptism
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  narrative,
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  let's
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  talk
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  about
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  an
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  action
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  step.
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  Belovedness
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  to
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  solidarity,
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  be
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  to
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  be,
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  we
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  might
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  call
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  it.
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  In
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  the
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  morning,
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  speak
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  one
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  sentence
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  to
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  yourself
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  before
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  I
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  do
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  anything.
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  Today
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  I
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  am
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  beloved.
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  Breathe
• 4:29
  it
• 4:29
  in.
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  Know
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  that
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  you
• 4:30
  are
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  loved.
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  And
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  then
• 4:33
  later
• 4:33
  in
• 4:33
  the
• 4:33
  day,
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  in
• 4:33
  the
• 4:34
  afternoon
• 4:34
  or
• 4:34
  evening,
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  do
• 4:35
  some
• 4:35
  concrete
• 4:36
  act
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  of
• 4:36
  solidarity
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  for
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  somebody
• 4:38
  else.
• 4:38
  Text
• 4:39
  somebody
• 4:39
  else.
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  Ask
• 4:41
  somebody
• 4:41
  how
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  you
• 4:41
  can
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  be
• 4:42
  helpful
• 4:42
  to
• 4:42
  them.
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  Bring
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  a
• 4:43
  meal
• 4:44
  to
• 4:44
  somebody.
• 4:44
  Be
• 4:44
  a
• 4:44
  caregiver
• 4:45
  to
• 4:45
  somebody.
• 4:46
  Help
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  clean
• 4:47
  up
• 4:47
  a
• 4:47
  park.
• 4:48
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• 4:49
  your
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  representatives
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  about
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  some
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  injustice.
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  and
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  kind.
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  God
• 5:12
  of
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  open
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  skies
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  river
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  waters,
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  remind
• 5:14
  us
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  that
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  beloved
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  before
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  perform,
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  produce
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  prove.
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• 5:19
  us
• 5:19
  Jesus
• 5:20
  ways
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  of
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  solidarity,
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  standing
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  with
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  our
• 5:23
  neighbors,
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  protecting
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  the
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  vulnerable
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  adjoining
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