It is Right and Just is on my TBR pile. I bought it for my 16 yo son, recommended to me as a part of his vocation discernment. As soon as he finished, he put it on my TBR pile.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to write this series, Tsh. I have commented this once before, but my family and I became Anglican just this summer after many months of wrestling with God over leaving the only church we’ve ever known as a family. (I’m sure you’ve heard of our former pastor, Andy Stanley 😉.) It was a big jump from a nondenominational mega-church to a small Anglican parish after decades of being steeped in evangelicalism, but we adore it. Communion every week! The collects and daily office! God bless Andy, but a pastor we can actually KNOW! It feels so rooted. So embodied. Your posts and podcasts have been a wonderful light on this path, and I can’t wait to read more.
Very much looking forward to reading more about your process, Tsh! When I sit and wonder about all the really good stuff going on in many Protestant churches - stories of faith and healing and more - I come back to Jesus’s words to his disciples when they questioned what would happen to this one or that one. He basically said: What happens to them isn’t your concern. You follow Me. It’s the whole now that I’ve seen it, I can’t unsee it. I’m praying for the rest of my family to have eyes to see and ears to hear 🙏🏻
Yes! And the end of it all, it’s all about Jesus. Actually, a few months ago I was on a podcast w a fellow convert who encouraged me in the same way -- God moves inside and outside the Church, and while yes, we can pray for our Protestant brothers and sisters when we’re tempted to feel frustrated that they don’t see yet what we see, we should mostly simply praise God for bringing us to where we are and trust that he knows what he’s doing. 💛
Doing a lot of praying for patience and trusting God’s timing! I’m a convert in my heart until my husband’s fierce opposition changes. But then St Paul was also a fierce opponent and he had his conversion moment!
Thank you for this post and (in advance) for the rest of this series. I am already challenged and encouraged to remain present and proactive in my own years-long season of discernment regarding what church and worship are, how we should gather, and how vital the history and traditions of the church are to our faith.
The Lord bless you with peace and wisdom as you open up so vulnerably to us, your subscribers. The Lord bless us with grace as we read and with compassion as we attempt to dialogue with you and each other.
Thank you for sharing your journey. I start RCIA next week (from the looks of it right now it will not be a typical RCIA experience). I am coming from evangelical church plants and this really helped my protestant wired brain start to wrap itself around Catholicism. I look forward to this column's next post very much.
Thank you for sharing this! I am trying to print it out to read it so I don't read it on my smartphone (trying to use that less) and don't really want to read it on my computer. Any tips for printing it? Thanks!
That's an idea! Laura, another idea might be to save it to a place like Pocket or Evernote, which provides the ability to read it as text-only (without things like added design) — I wonder if it's easier to print from a place like that?
It is Right and Just is on my TBR pile. I bought it for my 16 yo son, recommended to me as a part of his vocation discernment. As soon as he finished, he put it on my TBR pile.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to write this series, Tsh. I have commented this once before, but my family and I became Anglican just this summer after many months of wrestling with God over leaving the only church we’ve ever known as a family. (I’m sure you’ve heard of our former pastor, Andy Stanley 😉.) It was a big jump from a nondenominational mega-church to a small Anglican parish after decades of being steeped in evangelicalism, but we adore it. Communion every week! The collects and daily office! God bless Andy, but a pastor we can actually KNOW! It feels so rooted. So embodied. Your posts and podcasts have been a wonderful light on this path, and I can’t wait to read more.
I’m so glad to hear it, Wendi! I’m forever grateful for my time in the Anglican Church.
Very much looking forward to reading more about your process, Tsh! When I sit and wonder about all the really good stuff going on in many Protestant churches - stories of faith and healing and more - I come back to Jesus’s words to his disciples when they questioned what would happen to this one or that one. He basically said: What happens to them isn’t your concern. You follow Me. It’s the whole now that I’ve seen it, I can’t unsee it. I’m praying for the rest of my family to have eyes to see and ears to hear 🙏🏻
Yes! And the end of it all, it’s all about Jesus. Actually, a few months ago I was on a podcast w a fellow convert who encouraged me in the same way -- God moves inside and outside the Church, and while yes, we can pray for our Protestant brothers and sisters when we’re tempted to feel frustrated that they don’t see yet what we see, we should mostly simply praise God for bringing us to where we are and trust that he knows what he’s doing. 💛
Doing a lot of praying for patience and trusting God’s timing! I’m a convert in my heart until my husband’s fierce opposition changes. But then St Paul was also a fierce opponent and he had his conversion moment!
Tsh,
Thank you for this post and (in advance) for the rest of this series. I am already challenged and encouraged to remain present and proactive in my own years-long season of discernment regarding what church and worship are, how we should gather, and how vital the history and traditions of the church are to our faith.
The Lord bless you with peace and wisdom as you open up so vulnerably to us, your subscribers. The Lord bless us with grace as we read and with compassion as we attempt to dialogue with you and each other.
Thank you again.
Thank you for sharing your journey. I start RCIA next week (from the looks of it right now it will not be a typical RCIA experience). I am coming from evangelical church plants and this really helped my protestant wired brain start to wrap itself around Catholicism. I look forward to this column's next post very much.
Oh, I'm so glad to hear, Lacey! ...I'll pray for you during this discernment period of yours.
Thank you Tsh!
Thank you for sharing this! I am trying to print it out to read it so I don't read it on my smartphone (trying to use that less) and don't really want to read it on my computer. Any tips for printing it? Thanks!
I do the same because I like to make notes as I read. I cut and paste it into a word doc or pdf and print.
That's an idea! Laura, another idea might be to save it to a place like Pocket or Evernote, which provides the ability to read it as text-only (without things like added design) — I wonder if it's easier to print from a place like that?
Sandi, thanks! I cut and pasted it into pages on my Mac and then printed it out!
Perfect! I still need to print it out.