What if the church took with utmost seriousness that baptism is the gift of a new identity taking a lifetime to grow into? And, what if that identity includes Gods call to a way of life made visible in how Jesus lived his? This book is a response to these questions in relationship to the churchs practice of baptizing children. This books underlying premise is that how the church helps parents prepare for baptism is vital to how the whole family lives its baptismal identity throughout life, as well as to the renewal of churches themselves.
In the last several decades, institutionalized...