Baptisms at Faith Family Church involve both a person’s biological and church family. The events are often filled with cheering, music and applause. Some emerge from the water laughing and smiling.

Our youngest granddaughter, Maddie, age 5, was baptized on June 26 – finally! I say finally, not as a criticism but just to say I'm glad she's now "official." She may need it. I say that also in a bit ...

A well-known American soap-opera star has become a Christian. She was baptized in a private ceremony that was much publicized. Sounds rather good, doesn’t it? And indeed there is something good about ...

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Mike is a quiet, rugged man who keeps mostly to himself. He is very slowly dying of liver cancer. After many monthly visits to his home, Mike blurts out one day that he wants to be baptized. We have ...

Does Manny Machado schmoozing with Kyle Schwarber at Albert Almora Jr.’s baby’s baptism mean anything about where the free agent will sign? Almost certainly not. But with a dearth of actual news about ...

Dear Abby: My niece has a 1-year-old son. Neither my niece nor the baby’s father is religious, and they have chosen not to have the baby baptized. My sister, the baby’s grandmother, while not wanting ...

Columns share an author’s personal perspective. Life is full of rituals, from high church liturgies to baseball players’ on-deck circle routines. Humans are ritual-making creatures. Rituals connect us ...