Before I share a reflection, I would like to reiterate my availability and interest in visiting district churches. I have not yet received an invitation, and frankly, I am disappointed. I would like to make a few visits before district conference. Should I preach at a congregation, I would like to expand on the theme outlined below.

Although most district members may not pay much attention to a moderator’s theme, we moderators do spend considerable time thinking about and preparing it. It took me a little bit of time to come to the following theme; the theme comes from the best part of my experience and attention to the moving of the Spirit. It is based on Luke 3.21a: Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized…