We will be continuing our series on Being Christian this coming Sunday, and I will be talking about the ongoing meaning and impact of baptism. Please register for the service here.

And we will have childcare available for infants up to 4 year olds. You can register your child here. We are taking everyone’s safety very seriously, and each of family should have received an email from Katie Lemming describing our protocols for keeping your children safe.

Some of you might be asking at this point, why three weeks about baptism? Why a sermon series about the basics–baptism, bible, eucharist, and prayer? Don’t we already know this stuff? Perhaps, but one reason we chose this book is because Williams addresses not just the basic definition of each topic, but also the ongoing meaning and effects of each of the topics. As he puts it, he wants to show “what those activities tell us about the essence of the Christian life, and what kind of people we might hope to become in a community where these things are done.” (Rowan Williams, Being Christian)

What kind of people might we hope to become as those who are not only are baptized but who have also determined to live out of and in light of our identity as baptized people? That is the question I will take up this week as we look together at baptism as anointing, and the anointed offices we all share as prophets, priests, and kings.

Public Theology Update

This past Monday, we had a great discussion around N.T. Wright’s book God and the Pandemic. One question we considered is what might God be asking of us as we continue to live through a global pandemic.

Next month, we are planning to discuss two essays by Tim Keller around the question of race and justice. If you would like to get started on the readings, here is a link to the essays we will be discussing at Public Theology in November.

Tim Keller, The Bible and Race
Tim Keller, The Sin of Racism

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