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Tag: Baptism
Brief Book Review: Death by Baptism
Honeycutt confronts head-on truncated understandings of baptism as “fire insurance” against eternity in hell or as supernatural guarantee against misfortune.
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I/We . . . Revisited
In regard to the Arizona baptism situation, I know for sure that many people have been hoping a liturgical musician with a rudimentary background in liturgical theology would weigh in.
Read moreToward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood
The Vatican has announced a Theological Symposium on vocations, to be held in Rome on February 17-19, 2022. Entitled “Toward a Fundamental Theology of the
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A Troubling End to Christmas?
The Christmas Season concludes with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Surprisingly or not, there are people who may not know this.
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Baptism Brouhaha
A deacon, a defective baptismal formula, and a decree. I have some questions.
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Baptism: A Credential or a Continuation of the Christian Journey
I’m an ordained American Baptist clergyperson who received her academic training from a pontifical Catholic institution…
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Is Being a Christian a Vocation?
Each year, as we enter Holy Week, I inevitably recall two individuals for whom I continue to have a great amount of admiration. Both were RCIA participants, and both—a few days before the beginning of the Paschal Triduum—declined to be baptized, and left the process.
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O Come, Instruction Manual
There is a temptation in these post-Baptism Sundays to view our liturgical work as something of a breather between our “real” work during the Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter seasons.
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Baptism, Eucharist, and Artistic Tokens of New Heavens and a New Earth
Now in its second decade on the stages of Nashville’s storied Ryman Auditorium and Lipscomb University, the Tokens Show presents lively entertainment as an ongoing “cultural experiment” pulling together Americana, folk, and contemporary music wherein music-making, song-singing, and conversations help imagine a world of beauty and wonder, justice and mercy, peace and graciousness.
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