Baptism Sermon
Two weeks ago my husband and I got a puppy. She is everything you could want in a puppy. She is cute and soft and gloriously uncoordinated. We’ve wanted a dog for a long time now, so I can’t tell you how many hours we have spent watching funny pet videos on YouTube and brainstorming possible names. A few days before we picked her up we decided on the name “Luna.” We thought it was unique, but not like off the wall celebrity baby name unique. Luna sounded like the name of a Norwegian goddess — fierce, beautiful, and able to take down a reindeer if need be. Luna felt like the perfect name. The only problem was that when we met her, it became clear that she was definitely not a Luna. I can’t tell you why exactly, except that she just didn’t look like one. She is more sweet than fierce. And she is entirely too chill to take on a full-grown reindeer. So we went back through our list and decided to name her Penny Lane — and yes, that song has been stuck in my head ever sinc...