In the Gospel according to Mark, Jesus simply appears as a full-grown adult in the middle of the wilderness. But before Jesus can appear, someone has to prepare the way for him. So Mark begins his story, not with Mary and Joseph, but with a prophet, the first one anyone has heard in more than 400 years. Mark’s good news story begins with John the Baptist. Mark connects what John the Baptist is about to do through the prophetic cry of Isaiah, “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight in the desert a highway for our God!” Mark isn’t just telling his listeners to hop on the road grader and smooth out the bumps. He’s saying, “Build a whole new road through this wilderness! A new thing is about to happen among you. God is coming.” How will this road get built? How will we prepare the way? Through the “baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” On the second Sunday of Advent, how might we ‘prepare the way’ for Jesus in our lives? How might we be a witness to the coming of Jesus?

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