Five Baptisms

by Brian Seadorf

Five Baptisms is a book of poetry set in chronological order from: birth in a conservative, small-town Methodist church; to "falling away"; to joining an ultra-conservative evangelical megachurch; to becoming Catholic; back to Methodist; then Episcopal, then to becoming a None, along the way being baptized four times; with his deconstruction being the fifth. Five Baptisms contains many specific pop culture references of his life in the 80s and 90s, so that many Gen-Xers and older Millennials will be able to make connections to those different aspects.

103 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 14, 2025

About the author

Brian Seadorf is a guybrarian, reader, searcher, former youth league right fielder and a rock-n-roller in his dreams. He is married to a genius woman, with two nerdy kids and three cats. Five Baptisms is his first book.