(NEWSER) – A mother in Decatur, Ala., says her prayers were answered when, after years of trying, she had a baby boy nearly two years ago. But tragedy struck when Brayden King was left in the ...

Infant baptism is a ritual in my denomination, connecting a child (or adult) with community and with God. Parents and godparents speak for the baby until he can speak for himself at another rite ...

I pray for the baby and parents, in church and in my private prayers. I also try to visit the parents informally at home, and may telephone them once or twice before the service, all the time evincing ...

They knew that baptism was not possible. ... In prayer, we thanked God for baby Skyler, asked God to keep her and to bless and strengthen her parents, and to keep and bless all of us. I’m still not ...

They say that we don't have to have her baptized Catholic and that any nondenominational baptism would be okay with them, ... Ask Amy: Family members press for baby’s baptism. November 8, 2020.