I had the honor of attending the mass baptism yesterday to see my good friend, Heather Blecher, be baptized. I had a couple of thoughts on the whole experience. One was... these people are being led like cows or sheep!... the other was... my friend had a wonderful experience with her Savior. It was interesting that when she came out she said, "It all just happened so fast!"

I also had the privilege of a different perspective. I brought my friend Kim Pilla with me who is not a believer... sort of. She was disgusted by the event. She places a mystical energy on the experience of baptism. She questioned whether or not it even "happened" if it went by so fast. Later I heard her describing it to another friend talking about the blue poles which indicated the entrance and the white poles which indicated the exit as well as the mass production of the baptismal candidates dunking themselves. (About 3 or more people would hold hands with a pastor and the would all just dunk themselves under.) Her friend joked saying, "Get your baptisms right here... Only $1.99!" It was funny. Anyways, that made it interesting to have a different perspective.

All that to say, my friend met Christ there... and it was a big weird zoo of mass religious experience.