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9 Baptism is God's most beautiful and magnificent gift. . . .We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, and most precious gift. It is called ...

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you claimed us for Christ in the waters of baptism. Look upon us as we enter these Forty Days bearing the mark of ashes, and bless the journey through the desert of Lent to the font of rebirth.

The rising harpist explores spirituals, musical ancestors and the influence of church on her new album, Take Me to the Water.

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So I reference baptism spirituals that I heard growing ... But more broadly, it represented rebirth and hope. And so we often have references to the River Jordan, such as in "Deep river, my ...