Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

So it seemed that when Jesus stepped into and then out of the Jordan that day, not much changed. It didn't really make much difference. Oh, it was cool! The heavens opening, a dove descending on Him -- don't see that every day! -- and then a voice from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased." But for Joe the plumber, Simeon the shepherd, Miriam the mother, when the heavens closed back up, the dove flew away, and the voice stopped echoing, it was back to the same ol', same ol'. And yet at that moment, everything changed.