Last night at the church I attend (I worship Saturday evening -- a theological justification will follow as soon as I think of one) we had a baptism, which is always great to see. This one in particular was cool.
A father was baptizing his 9-year-old daughter, and just before he did, he called her his "sister."
Will Willimon says that in the Christian faith, water is thicker than blood. While our physical DNA family is a wonderful gift from God, that which ties our spiritual "family" together -- namely the blood of Jesus and the Holy Spirit (seen so clearly in the 2 sacraments) -- is so much stronger.
And yet we would walk to hell and back for our physical family and not lift a finger for a Christian brother or sister. Something seems amiss.
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