Baptism

Baptism as a Living Symbol of the Christian Life: Dying and Rising

This is the last of my Lenten sermons on Baptism as a Living Symbol of The Christian Life. I call it, Baptism: Dying and […]

Baptism is a living symbol of the Christian life. Two of its most important meanings are the New Birth and the New Creation. The first […]

At baptism I lay hands on the ones being baptized as they come up out of the water. I offer them a prayer that is […]

Today we explore two more meanings of Baptism as a living symbol of the Christian life: Turning and Washing. These were the elemental meanings of […]

This season, Lent to Easter, let’s ponder Baptism as a living symbol of the Christian life. It is, in my mind, the most complete and […]

The gospel of God in Jesus is on its way to the uttermost parts of the earth—and to the uttermost parts of ourselves. What […]

Have you ever lost your child in a crowd? Ever gotten lost? When I was in my first seminary year in N.Y. City, my parents […]