Yesterday we had a great extended family day as we descended upon Bagshot to celebrate the baptism of Matthew with Chris, Juliette and Lucy.

This was a truly special day as Juliette and Chris, along with Maria and Andrew as god parents, and all of us present really, made some great promises about bringine Matthew ‘up in the faith’.

I always find baptism an amazing event and an exciting time. It is one of those great occasions where people say some great thing and believe they are making promises to God and indeed they are.

Chatting to my very learned mother and father in law afterward, we agreed that sometimes it is easy to forget the mystery of baptism. We forget, and neither do we fully understand, what God does at baptism.

God acts in some way, and in a way that is not obvious to us, but we know God acts. That is part of baptism as well.

Today was a great day – thanks Chris and Juliette for allowing us all to be part of it.