I’ve said it before, but our Baptist friends have all the good stories about baptism. For example Pastor Jeff Walling tells about a lady who was baptized by immersion in a baptismal pool in her church. Her pastor laid her back under the water. Suddenly her body stiffened and her eyes popped open. The look on her face was a mixture of excitement and surprise.

Her pastor wasn’t sure what had happened, but something definitely had. As he pulled her up from the water, she put her hand on the back of her head; only then did he realize what had occurred. He had moved toward one end of the baptismal pool, and when he had lowered her into the water, he had smacked the back of her head onto the baptistery steps!

Probably that is one sacramental event this woman will never forget.  (1)

Today’s st…