On the Wings of a Dove
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CHILD 2 is about to be baptized, which makes CHILD 1 nervous (what if the water's cold? what if you can't hold your breath?) and totally mystifies CHILD 3, who has never heard of baptism at all. The three watch a scene-within-the-scene: two DOVES perched above the Jordan River, puzzling over why Jesus — who's never done anything wrong — would ask John to baptize him, and marveling as the Holy Spirit descends on him like a dove. When the children return, CHILD 1 decides to go ahead with the baptism after all, and CHILD 3 asks to borrow a Bible to find out more about “your Jesus.”
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