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.