Easter Then and Now
Published April 18, 2011As Easter approaches, I’m reminded of a snapshot from my childhood. In the photograph, my sister and mother and I are all wearing new dresses, hats, and gloves. My brother and father are attired in their best suits and wearing a tie. We’re all dressed up in our brand new Sunday finest, ready to go to church on Easter Sunday. When I was growing up, my family was largely “Holiday Christians”. We always attended church on the big holidays – Christmas and Easter – but didn’t make it a point to attend every other Sunday of the year. I didn’t [...]
read moreThe Importance of Baptism
Published February 23, 2010I was baptized last Sunday. It was an experience that will stay with me the rest of my life – not just because I’ve been assured that now I have an actual date that I can state I was ‘born again’, but because it was such a moving experience. There were several events that led up to this day: meeting with Pastor Tom to go over the meaning behind believer’s baptism, visiting the church where it would take place (we met at White Mountain Christian Church in Show Low since it is much warmer than our meeting space at AICM), [...]
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