Baptism and The Episcopagen

"The Conversation", oil pastels

Sometimes you read something that readjusts 

your thinking.

 

You know, the way one of those old Kodak 

viewfinders moved you  onto a new picture 

when you pushed down the lever at the side.

I just read Martha T.'s blog about baptism.

(link here)

I really like the analogy of finding God in the 

shit.  Jungians believe that is the path to 

individuation and I have to say that I agree.  

I don't see individuation as a goal.  At least 

not for me - the pile of shit I have to integrate 

will take 1000 lifetimes to work through.

It's a process.

But her words got me thinking about baptism 

and what it could possibly mean to an 

Episcopagan.

Is it enough to know that such ideas as Martha's 

are floating about beneath the rigid veneer of 

the church?  I don't know if it makes me feel 

any more warm and fuzzy about Christianity but 

I am grateful that at least in 2016 she won't be 

burned at the stake ...

because such ideas give me hope.