And since the thing I love about baptism is that it is about God’s action upon us and not our decision to “choose” God, I believe that the promises spoken over us in baptism are promises that are for all of humanity. Every person, regardless of religion, is named and claimed—baptized—by the God who created her. When I became a Lutheran, I asked Ross Merkel to baptize me, and he said that despite what I may have believed when I was twelve years old and baptized in white sandals, an act of God cannot be undone or redone.
