An Introduction

This blog is the start of a new adventure for me. I've been reflecting a lot lately on Anglicanism and how my life has changed since I became Anglican. I've decided that my story is something I want to share with people I care about. Being an introvert, I believe that the best way to do this would be to write down my thoughts first before sharing them. I hope that using this blog format will be the best way to stimulate discussion while giving me the time I need to thoughtfully, prayerfully, and carefully express what's on my heart. And I invite you to join me in my adventure.

I was raised as a non-denominational Christian. My family has attended evangelical Bible churches since before I was born. I memorized long passages of Scripture from a young age that remain in my memory to this day. In high school and college, I began to ask deep questions about my faith and about Christianity that ultimately led me to become Anglican. At first, I felt like I was leaving my evangelical Bible church roots behind. What surprised me, as I continued to grow, was that I was actually rediscovering my evangelical faith all over again and growing deeper into it. Like G.K. Chesterton in chapter 1 of Orthodoxy, "I have kept my truths: but I have discovered, not that they were not truths, but simply that they were not mine."

My purpose in this blog is to further explain my journey, so that other evangelical Christians might come to see what I see in Anglicanism. The three main questions I hope to answer are:

• What is Anglicanism?
• Why did I become Anglican?
• Why does it matter?

I hope to publish posts weekly.