Detail from “The Baptism of Christ” by Joachim Patinir (Credit: WikiArt.) Listen Having celebrated all the holy days of the past several weeks, the Church now begins Ordinary Time. In this season of ...

“You go to your church and I’ll go to mine. We’re going to the same place, only on different roads.”This statement is made by many people who mistakenly believe there are many ways to God in heaven.

In the best of our Baptist traditions, baptism is both an individual act and a communal act.

The Bible repeatedly and undeniably connects baptism to redemption and salvation. It also closely identifies baptism and justification. Recently, I realized this all the more, in answering a ...

This weekend, the Church begins to move out of the Christmas season. Pointing us to the baptism of the Lord Jesus, we now head back into Ordinary Time and its emphasis on discipleship. The location of ...

Most educated, serious Christians understand that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life. It's not an anomaly or interruption in an otherwise “normal” life. It's to be expected; even ...

Despite our different methods, we’re all immersed in the same Christ. The first time I heard the phrase “the waters that divide” as a way of describing baptism, I didn’t get the joke. It had never ...

On Sunday, one of the most sacred days in Christianity, a particularly holy ritual will take place in churches throughout the Yakima Valley. Many people will be baptized, both children and adults, to ...

The name given to the process or sacrament of welcoming a child into the church or faith community varies among denominations, which means you may be looking for a message for a baptism, dedication, ...