I'm a sucker for a celebration. Who isn't, really? It's always great to get together with the people we care about, and the people who care about the people we care about, and raise our glasses in the name of some happy event or another, be it a wedding, or a birthday, a housewarming, or a welcome home. But in the world of joyous occassions and their accompanying festivities, for my money, there is nothing that compares to a Baptism.
Today was just such an occassion, with Laur, Erin, and I bearing witness to the baptism of our dear friends' little boy, Freddy. The actual Christening was performed beautifully by the Deacon of their church in Randolph, NJ. The most important message we took away with us was essentially this; we would never wait to begin providing our children with those vitamins and nutrients they need to stimulate their physical growth & development, so why would we starve our children of that which they require to stimulate their spiritual development?
After leaving the church, we all returned to Freddy's parents' new house for a celebration. And what a celebration! Baptisms are such a cause for unadulterated, communal joy, and today was no exception. There's something about the innocence of a baptismal celebration, the innocence of this new life... it fills me with hope, peace, and a sense of renewal.
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