DAILY MEDITATION: "Baptism, the Way to Community" for Thursday, 28 September 2017
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Baptism is more than a way to spiritual freedom. It also is the way to community. Baptising a person, whether child or adult, is receiving that person into the community of faith. Those who are reborn from above through baptism, and are called to live the life of sons and daughters of God, belong together as members of one spiritual family, the living body of Christ. When we baptise people, we welcome them into this family of God and offer them guidance, support, and formation, as they grow to the full maturity of the Christ-like life. 
For further reflection...The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God -- he and his whole family. (Acts 16: 34 (NIV))
Your response...Has baptism or something else ever helped you experience belonging to the family of God?
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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.
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