Bethany Beyond the Jordan was a spiritual experience my lapsed Catholic self was not expecting. It reminded me that whatever your religious constructs, the teachings of Jesus are of kindness, ...

My dad grew up with two relatives who were eccentric, to say the least. One was an uncle who showed up periodically to sleep on the front porch — often deciding that clothing was an unnecessary ...

Baptism is an outward sign of an inward decision. It signifies a dying to the old man as you are plunged underwater and a new birth into spiritual life in Christ. We baptize people to commemorate a ...

Remember the day of your baptism? It's highly unlikely, but your parents and godparents and an assortment of relatives probably do. Perhaps they remember the event itself, or the party, or something ...

Ninety-two people stood on a beach in the south of England and publicly declared their love for Jesus Christ by getting baptized en masse at an event witnessed by hundreds. Five churches from ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – At the same ocean cove that became a focal point for the Jesus Movement in the 1960s and 70s, and also used as a filming location for the Jesus Revolution movie, 4,500 people ...

For those who are religious, getting baptized can be an important part of their spiritual journey. While many people are baptized as infants, sometimes parents leave it up to their children to make ...