The milestones in our lives – births and baptisms, marriages, funerals and life celebrations – need new words to fit our new understandings. Even for people without a church community, the milestones matter. And so the words matter.
Dear Family and Friends, let us gather around for this celebration of Baptism.
Parents and God-Parents, who are you presenting for baptism?
Parents and Godparents: We present _________________ to be baptized.
I want to share four different stories that made it clear to me why involving those who gather to celebrate the life of one who has died is so important.
read moreEternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
Source of all that is and that shall be,
Father and Mother of us all,
Loving God, in whom is heaven:
