Our Child's Baptism

Welcome, baby, to the Family of those who believe.
We believe that the world’s rightful King was born on a night like this, small and helpless like you, and lived and died a rebel in His own country. We believe our job is to continue the rebellion against hate, against greed, against arrogance, against all that would destroy the things that matter.
We believe that, as water cleanses the body, so He can cleanse the soul, and make us who and what we know deep down we ought to be.
We believe that, as bread and wine feed and restore the body, so He can feed and restore the soul, and give us continued strength to do the work He has given us to do.
We believe that, as a little incense fills a whole building with a sweet smell, so His Spirit can cause a little work of kindness to sweeten all the world.
We believe that, as music is not mere noise, but a pattern that turns chaos into order, so the Conductor of all things has made the world to be more than just sound and fury, but a Pattern in which everything makes sense, everything has its place in the whole.
We believe that God is with us. We believe that, in these things we see and hear and taste and touch and smell, we perceive the things too big for us to perceive.
And we believe that the miracle of your life is only the beginning, that there is a different and greater kind of Life into which you will be born if you receive it. We believe that your new Family will help you learn how to live the new Life.
We believe the impossible, and we know that the impossible is more real than we are. And we believe that it will make us truly Real.

© John M. Munzer