Would you risk being baptized in your local river or pond? In many places–such as northeastern Indiana where I use to live immersing oneself in a local water body nowadays means exposure to a bath of chemicals and coliform bacteria
Lenten Reflection (by EcoFaith Pastor/Organizer, Robyn Hartwig)
As I shared in my sermon at St. Andrew Lutheran (Beaverton, OR) this morning, this Sunday’s Gospel reading reminded me of an experience I had on a week-long retreat of all of the fifth graders at my elementary school. Students