Becoming the Beloved

This week we go back to where it starts. Before Jesus preaches a sermon, heals anyone, or calls a single disciple, he comes up out of the water and hears a voice.

"As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.'"

— MATTHEW 3:16–17