{"id":10851,"date":"2011-08-08T05:52:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T10:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=10851"},"modified":"2011-08-08T05:52:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T10:52:56","slug":"open-discussion-what-do-you-notice-when-you-visit-other-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/08\/open-discussion-what-do-you-notice-when-you-visit-other-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Discussion: What do you notice when you visit other churches?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Often, visting another church can give you a fresh perspective on your own. In this season of summer vacations and time away, many people have the chance to worship with another community.<\/p>\n

One of the things I’ve been noticing in my travels this summer is the prominence of the baptismal font in many recently-remodeled sanctuaries. These fonts are large enough to allow for baptism by at least partial immersion.<\/p>\n

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The baptismal font at St. Mary's Cathedral, Colorado Springs, CO.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve been struck by the difference between passing by a little dish of holy water and having to walk around a sizable pool. The symbolic aspects of baptism — of dying to an old way of sin and rising to new life, the living and life-giving water that God provides, and the reminder of this baptism every time we enter the sanctuary — really come to life in a font of this size.<\/p>\n

What do you notice when you visit another church? The music? The preaching? The processions? The furnishings? The congregation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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