I was baptized on Saturday, August 9, 2008.  What a tremendous experience to be cleansed for my past, present and future through Jesus’s love.  Here is a video that captures the essence of the moment: http://www.willowchicago.org/baptism.aspx

Well, it’s not like childbirth, that’s for sure.  The birth of my blog was much easier than walking into the hospital.  The only thing similar is that it will take some effort on my part and the part of everyone I know to help raise it and nurture it to become something of significance.  It takes a village, but the first step is the birth…and so, we have elementsbylori.com/wordpress.  Welcome to the world little blog.