Article November 23, 1998 Issue

Why be born again?

Rebirth. Renewal. Progress.

By Beulah M. Roegge

EXPERIENCE SPIRITUAL REBIRTH

A play, popular a few years ago, presented an amusing exchange between a young man, Nicholas, and his mother. He said to her, "I must tell you / I've just been reborn." She replied, "Nicholas, you always think / you can do things better than your mother. You can be sure / you were born quite adequately on the first occasion." ^{Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not for Burning, 2nd ed., rev. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1950), p. 11 .}