Roots:
Our Wesleyan Heritage:Baptism
8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” -Mark 1:8
I just watched the movie Project Hail Mary, with Ryan Gosling. The Earth needs saving, so a space probe with three people launches to find a solution to the devastation humanity faces. Two of the three people die en route, leaving Ryan Gosling alone. The space travel left him with memory gaps, so he needs to figure out why he has knowledge of complex scientific data and equations, and what his mission is. Our story matters. Our past informs who we are and why we respond in a certain way. This goes beyond just our own past. There is a connection to the story of our family we have, even if we are unaware of it.
Even medically, the story of our family history is important. Every doctor, hospital visit, test—requires us to answer our family’s health history. It informs our physical being and our tendencies.
Now, as USAmericans, we like to be lone rangers and pull ourselves up by our boot straps, yet so much of who we are was informed by our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents. Our roots affect us whether we know it or not.
Like Ryan Gosling’s character, the church needs to remember who we are and our mission. Even when we are aware of our roots and doing our best to live out our mission, it’s good to be reminded. So we begin a series on Roots: Our Wesleyan Heritage. This week we will look at baptism.
What does your baptism mean to you? What connection does the Holy Spirit and baptism mean to you?
Join us this week to look at our Wesleyan Roots in Baptism and how we can remember our baptism and be thankful.
Pastor Leanne
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