Baptists don't exactly bless each other very much.

When I started going to a Lutheran church with my darling wife, all of the formality felt a bit odd.

But it has grown on me. I like saying "The Apostle's Creed" and "The Lord's Prayer" every week -- they remind me, respectively, what is the core of my church's beliefs and how to pray.

Until we sang "Jesus Love Me" in church last weekend, I didn't remember all of the verses. It's nice to look back on what seems like a childhood song and realize that it still means a lot to me today. So here goes: 

Jesus loves me! this I know, for the Bible tells me so;

little ones to him belong, they are weak, but he is strong.

Yes, Jesus loves me, yes, Jesus loves me,

yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.

Jesus loves me! he who died heaven's gates to open wide;