The Baptism
On the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 2 May, Djeumessi Michael Romeo — or Mickey — was baptized at the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Cluj. Mickey is a citizen of Cameroon, who studies Computer Science at Babes-Bolyai University. He has been coming to church faithfully for several months, after being invited by another Cameroonian classmate.
Supper After Worship, at Pizzeria Rex
I spent several weeks preparing Mickey for baptism, largely by studying Luther’s Small Catechism together. At our first meeting, I asked him who, based on his own experience, he thought God was. His answer was simple: ”God is my all-in-all.” The words rolled around in my head for a while, but only after we had chosen a date for his baptism did I see the second lesson for that Sunday: ”I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.” In other words, the all-in-all.
It’s funny how these things work out.
