We named him Freddy; Freddy, the fountain frog. On the deck in the backyard of my Savage home, I have a fountain. It is about two or three feet tall and sits on a small wicker table in the corner ...

They preferred cold baptism water to warm and called for fasting, if possible, before the ritual. They also desired water moving by way of a stream or river. Flowing water reminds those being baptized ...

By David Taylor, Spiritual Reflections I would like to reflect on water this week. It is no accident that water is both one of the key symbols in various religions, and also the single most ...

It's a way of expressing publicly that you're a Christian. There are lots of symbols in a baptism ceremony. The water can represent coming clean to God and starting a new life. For a Christian the ...

For many worshipping groups in South Africa, such as Pentecostal churches, religious expression is closely tied to water. At the Fleurhof baptism, Pastor Nxusa paged through a weathered bible ...

1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ) means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes the ...

The first letter of Peter mentions the event of the flood, “…in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water. Baptism ...

Gumabao underwent water baptism with Reyes and Roque at Focus Church, as seen on his Instagram page on Sunday, June 23. The ...