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b'On the Feast of our Lord\'s Baptism Clay Nelson looks at the 30 year gap in Jesus\' life prior to the mystical experience he had during his baptism.\\xa0 Are such experiences only available to the Son of God and mentally unwell or are they available to us all?\\n"In truth we have nothing reliable about Jesus before his baptism, which seems perfectly normal to me.\\xa0No one had any reason to think, \\u201cThis kid is going to change the world, I better take notes.\\u201d\\xa0Even his baptism was before he had made his mark, but all four gospels speak of it, even though their accounts differ.\\xa0So even that first portrait has multiple exposures making it more than a little out of focus.\\xa0However, what they all agree on is that Jesus had a uniquely intimate relationship with God.\\xa0God was the central reality of his life, not because he believed in God, but because he had experienced the reality of God."\\nText and video available at www.stmatthews.org.nz.'