Baptism must be seen near the heart of our faith and presented as significant, but not allowed to separate Christians into groups of resentment or condescension. It must not become the “water that ...

Baptisms and dedications unite us all as children in need of our heavenly Father. “Will you, members of this congregation, be faithful to your calling as members of the body of Christ, so that this ...

The baptism of John at the Jordan was a baptism of water. It simply prepared the way for the baptism of Christ, which was the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire (Today’s Gospel event, Lk. 3. 15-16, ...