Episcopal Peregrination
Peregrination n : a pilgrimage esp. by foot
This blog is intended to be a place for me to ruminate about my journey to the Episcopal Church. It is not only for my own reflection, but also for my family and friends who are interested in this journey. This is not the beginning. As some of you may know, I began attending Trinity Church, an Episcopal church in Princeton, New Jersey in September 2004. But long before then I felt out-of-place in my spiritual home.
My purpose for this blog is not to denigrate my religious past, because it means much to me, is an inseparable part of me; in fact, it is difficult in many ways to leave. Rather, I hope to reflect in a positive way over this next leg of my travels. I intend this to be a medium for questions, reflection, and constructive conversation on things liturgical and ecclesial.
Over the last few years I have grown to appreciate the Episcopal Church for its self-placement within Christianity as a via media--a middle way. It is catholic; it is protestant. It is traditional; it is progressive. It holds on to historic Christianity (especially its worship and ecclesial structure) tightly with one hand. Yet it allows reason and ethics to critique that tradition. It is within this tension that I see myself standing, able to appreciate what has gone before me and be challenged by what is ahead.
I invite you into this conversation, not to drag you along with me on my peregrination, but to share travelogues, and experience mutual benefit.
This blog is intended to be a place for me to ruminate about my journey to the Episcopal Church. It is not only for my own reflection, but also for my family and friends who are interested in this journey. This is not the beginning. As some of you may know, I began attending Trinity Church, an Episcopal church in Princeton, New Jersey in September 2004. But long before then I felt out-of-place in my spiritual home.
My purpose for this blog is not to denigrate my religious past, because it means much to me, is an inseparable part of me; in fact, it is difficult in many ways to leave. Rather, I hope to reflect in a positive way over this next leg of my travels. I intend this to be a medium for questions, reflection, and constructive conversation on things liturgical and ecclesial.
Over the last few years I have grown to appreciate the Episcopal Church for its self-placement within Christianity as a via media--a middle way. It is catholic; it is protestant. It is traditional; it is progressive. It holds on to historic Christianity (especially its worship and ecclesial structure) tightly with one hand. Yet it allows reason and ethics to critique that tradition. It is within this tension that I see myself standing, able to appreciate what has gone before me and be challenged by what is ahead.
I invite you into this conversation, not to drag you along with me on my peregrination, but to share travelogues, and experience mutual benefit.
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