The Great Invitation: Baptism of the Lord - The Heavens Are Opened! This morning we move into our season of Epiphany – the brief season between Christmas and Lent when we leave mangers and swaddling clothes behind and turn to stories of revelation. Kings and stars. Doves and voices calling out from the heavens. We encounter Jesus interacting with John the Baptist, and those who he will call to follow him. We will hear him preaching on the mountainside and teaching the Pharisees. And we will see his glory revealed in the transfiguration on the mountaintop with his closest friends...