Baptized in bed

Bedtime conversations can be very entertaining, and pretty deep.

Last night, our Bible story at bedtime was a short one, about John the Baptist - not very plot driven, just an intro to who he is - sometimes I wonder what "Bible story book" author/editors are thinking. But last night, this led to an interesting discussion about baptism.

After I explained that John the B was Jesus's cousin, Carissa said, "yeah, he's the one that Jesus came to and baptized."

"Well, actually John baptized Jesus."

"Oh, how did he baptize him."

"John and Jesus walked out into the river, and then John kind of lowered Jesus's head under the water."

"Why do they baptize people?"

"As a symbol that God cleans us from the bad things we do and so that we can show people that we want to follow God."

"I can baptize myself in the pool... I just hold my breath and go like this." Carissa dunks her head under the covers and then pulls herself back up to shake the imaginary water off her face.