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Monday, August 14, 2006
Living Water and Baptism
Ron on living water and baptism, from WorshipHelps: (more)
A couple weeks ago I baptized my nephew at his home church in Chicago. Per his parents’ request, we used freshly imported water from Lake Michigan. Let’s just say that we certainly followed the ancient advice to use “living” water. ...
I suggested that using water from this natural resource—so dominant and precious to us in the midwest—highlights the deep connection between the grace of God offered in baptism and the responsibility we gratefully take on as Christ’s disciples to care for the world in which that grace is manifest. It says something damning to us if the water in our backyard streams, or rivers, or lakes is so polluted that we cannot in good common sense bathe in it, or in good conscience call it “living” water. Perhaps my nephew Samuel will grow up, in service to Jesus, to be a biologist who concerns himself with the health of Lakes Michigan, Superior, Huron, Ontario, and Erie.
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