Moonrise
We had our first ever bonfire baptism at Dewey Beach on Sunday. We set up a bonfire and tiki torches as high tide waves came crashing onto the beach. It felt a little bit like tribal council.
It's so exciting to people go public with their faith. One of the things I love about pastoring is being part of people's "special days"--weddings, baptisms, etc.
One of the cool outcomes of the night, and one of the reasons we love doing baptisms in public places, is that a few other beach dwellers walked by and asked what we were doing. It's a great way to share your faith.
The ocean waves were awfully powerful. In fact, I got rebaptized once by a big one. It was a somewhat scary feeling walking into ocean water at night, but it couldn't have been any more intense. A great way to end our extreme series.
One of the highlights for me was the most majestic moonrise I've ever seen. When we got to the beach around 8:15 PM there was a small red glow out in the ocean. We couldn't figure out what it was at first. The glow got larger and we realized it was a moonrise. The moon went from red to orange to white during the course of the evening. It was only appropriate that we ended our bonfire baptism with "God of Wonders" under the starlit sky to the sound of ocean waves.
It's so exciting to people go public with their faith. One of the things I love about pastoring is being part of people's "special days"--weddings, baptisms, etc.
One of the cool outcomes of the night, and one of the reasons we love doing baptisms in public places, is that a few other beach dwellers walked by and asked what we were doing. It's a great way to share your faith.
The ocean waves were awfully powerful. In fact, I got rebaptized once by a big one. It was a somewhat scary feeling walking into ocean water at night, but it couldn't have been any more intense. A great way to end our extreme series.
One of the highlights for me was the most majestic moonrise I've ever seen. When we got to the beach around 8:15 PM there was a small red glow out in the ocean. We couldn't figure out what it was at first. The glow got larger and we realized it was a moonrise. The moon went from red to orange to white during the course of the evening. It was only appropriate that we ended our bonfire baptism with "God of Wonders" under the starlit sky to the sound of ocean waves.
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