Protein, Carbs, and Baptism

Today Anna and Dylan dig into Matthew 3:1-12. In this passage, John the Baptist is baptizing people with water and prophesying about the one who would come after him and baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. Dylan shares about John’s history and the possibility that he may have been raised by the Essenes, a separatist movement in the desert, and brought the practice of baptism from there. Anna talks about the barriers that John broke down and they discuss how that radical access to the divine caused disruption and upset those who were previously in control of the public’s access to God. 

• Anna Hoesly is a Co-Pastor and Organizer at Storyline Community in Milwaukie, Oregon.
• Dylan Hyun is the Pastor of Oak Grove United Methodist Church in Oak Grove, Oregon.