Comments on Clan Donaldson: Conversion Story, pt. I

This is interesting... But it occurs to me that w...

2012-01-30T16:57:52.652-06:00

This is interesting...

But it occurs to me that we did have someone new come into our family in the mid 1980s whose Christianity was more muscular and publicly professed than the Christianity of our parents. No need to name names here; lets call him Elmer Gantry.

Elmer Gantry's religiosity alienated me. Even at age 8 it struck me to be cruel and hypocritical. And when I was just a bit older and found myself wondering whether God was something I needed in my life - whether to even take the question seriously - the case for the affirmative always seemed to be recited in his voice.

Did Elmer Gantry factor into your early thought about religion? Or even back then when our bedrooms were 5 feet apart, did we occupy such radically different heads?

Gotta agree with Janet here. I was raised Catholic...

2012-01-27T08:49:16.689-06:00

Gotta agree with Janet here. I was raised Catholic and never really had to "convert," but I went through a lot of those same issues in college, where Catholicism was soooooo uncool, and being morally ambiguous was the accepted norm.

Love it so far. Can't wait for the rest.

I'm dying, Cari. You can't stop there! M...

2012-01-26T18:13:38.938-06:00

I'm dying, Cari. You can't stop there! More, stat. I read half this post out loud to Tommy, by the way. He was the one who helped me convert to the Church and we looooooooooooove chatting theology. His mom grew up Presbyterian and converted to Catholicism as an adult, too :). That makes y'all, like, soul cousins or something, doesn't it?

As a convert myself, I am looking forward to heari...

2012-01-26T12:46:54.122-06:00

As a convert myself, I am looking forward to hearing more of your story!

I am very glad that you decided, at last, that you...

2012-01-26T12:03:54.776-06:00

I am very glad that you decided, at last, that you could tell this story. I'm always curious about how people get from a historical 'then' to a present day 'now'. An inate human desire for wandering with purpose, I suppose. Keep writing!

"The ability to toss aside some Bronze-age se...

2012-01-26T10:25:12.353-06:00

"The ability to toss aside some Bronze-age set of patriarchal ethics all while spouting off quotes from a historical novel is extremely attractive to a new college student."

This is a jewel of a line.

AMDG,
Janet

Looking forward to the next installments. I'm...

2012-01-26T08:48:07.254-06:00

Looking forward to the next installments. I'm sure you've heard the phrase that "Converts make the best Catholics"!!!

Ohhhh, the New Age movement. Good times.

2012-01-26T08:31:06.540-06:00

Ohhhh, the New Age movement. Good times.

Keeping writing!

2012-01-26T08:11:39.779-06:00

Keeping writing!

I was born into a Catholic family, which I have al...

2012-01-26T07:53:01.079-06:00

I was born into a Catholic family, which I have always considered a blessing. I haven't gone through any kind of conversion or faith struggle in my life. However, my husband was raised Methodist and converted to Catholicism about two years after we got married. My husband is filled with faith and I see Christ in him everyday. However, he doesn't talk much about his experience of conversion from his point of view (I was his sponsor and was with him through the whole process, but that doesn't mean I fully understand what it was like for him). Since he doesn't really talk about it, I'm eager to read more about what you have to say. I look forward to part two.