Walking in Covenant

The first time I walked a baptized baby up and down the aisle of the church I was moved in a powerful way.  To this day, every time I walk a child down the aisle I am touched at the depth of the event.  I whisper into that child's ear, "This is your family, and they love you."  It is at that one moment when we as the community remember our covenant with God and with each other and vow to order our lives in that promise.  Everyone of us are participants in that covenant.  

While being moved in that moment is understandable, I am never prepared when I see children that I have been a part of baptizing growing up and walking around the halls of the church.  It is at those moments when I ask, "Have I lived up to the promise I made the morning that baby was baptized."  This reminds me often that my life is part of something so much bigger.