I’d like to tell you about a trip I made the other day, down to the Jordan. You know it isn’t all that far, but it is a challenging walk, so I took plenty to drink and an extra jacket because I knew it would be cold by the time I get back. I threw a couple of snacks in my jacket pocket too, just in case I got hungry.

Well, I heard there were a lot of people planning on going, so I left Bethany early to avoid the crowd on the road. You know, some of those places along the road near Jericho are pretty narrow. I guess I should have left earlier because the roads were already crammed full of people when I got started.

Most everyone was walking, like me, but every once in a while someone would come along on a mule or with a wagon. Most of them moved slowly and carefully to give us walkers the cha…