Clair Kane was baptized and her godfather (and uncle) Greg Kane in Connecticut couldn’t make the trip out for a variety of reason, and Clair’s dad, Larry, asked if we could ‘Skype’ him in.

So in today’s service there he sat on the piano, within the frame of a large screen monitor, paying attention right along with everyone else. And in Connecticut he heard the singing, the sermon and pledged his vow help Clair to grow into the full stature of Christ. I heard him. It wasn’t hard, and it wasn’t even weird. It was only new.

And there is nothing wrong with new, especially when new is a new way of bringing us closer together, diminishing distance, building community.

At the rehearsal for the baptism, and for the ‘Skyping’, I got to meet Uncle Greg and his kids, and was there while they all checked in with brothers and sisters on opposite coasts and cousins were reminded that they love and are loved by more people than those they can see and touch every day.

At Holy Innocents we got to see that our community is so important to one of our families that they went to that extreme to bring their distant relatives to us, and Greg and his family got to have a taste of the welcome we proclaim.

All in all it was a very cool thing. Thanks for joining us, Greg! It was a pleasure to have you at Holy Innocents.

And thank you to ALL the Kane family, and to the Wolf family, who came from Southern California, Baltimore, Colorado and parts in between to see cousin nephew grandchild Charlie Wolf and niece godchild friend Clair Kane baptized. Thank you for coming to be with us and for  being a part of the extended family of Holy Innocents.

+ Rosa Lee

Davey Gerhard, Kaitlin Kane, Genie Kinney and Eleanor Murphy Weise assist Rosa Lee in baptizing Charlie Wolf. Notice the beautiful pascal candle designed by Sergio Morales!?