”Not bad eh?” That’s what I said to her. She smiled in agreement. It took a little bit of coaxing but I managed to catch a few face-on shots as well. In twenty years, you will thank me for it. :p Incidentally, this was K’s acoustic gig at Harry’s and Coco’s (Larrivee LV-03RE) debut at a live performance.

It was a little easier catching M at rehearsal. I stole her glasses right from under her nose. Or is it off her nose? You know what I mean.

Today, the both of them got baptised. Baptise is derived from the Greek word “Baptizo”. The whole gang was there. Just like a real family.

The clearest example that shows the meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physician Nicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making pickles and is helpful because it uses both words. Nicander says that in order to make a pickle, the vegetable should first be ‘dipped’ (bapto) into boiling water and then ‘baptised’ (baptizo) in the vinegar solution. Both verbs concern the immersing of vegetables in a solution. But the first is temporary. The second, the act of baptising the vegetable, produces a permanent change. When used in the New Testament, this word more often refers to our union and identification with Christ than to our water baptism. e.g. Mark 16:16. ‘He that believes and is baptised shall be saved’. Christ is saying that mere intellectual assent is not enough. There must be a union with him, a real change, like the vegetable to the pickle!

Bible Study Magazine, James Montgomery Boice, May 1989.

…interesting :S So I am a pickle too! hur hur.