As many theologians have pointed out, the Christian community all too often under-emphasizes the healing and salutary role of nature in the lives of believers. In this jubilant children's book, veteran storyteller Walter Wangerin, Jr., presents an uplifting dramatic explication of a passage from Romans 8 where St. Paul writes: "The creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God."
Here God's creation sun, cloud, rain, rainbow, wind, seed, and water all join in the celebration of a child being baptized. "I am the water that fell on you / Three times with the Word that made you new / While everyone smiled and smiled." It is refreshing to see the natural world included as members of the family of God. The pleasant illustrations are by award-winning artist Gerardo Suzan. Walter Wangerin provides several pages of helpful material at the end of the book for family Bible study.