About Transformed By Christ
The story of my journey as a Catholic and as a follower of Christ began a while ago. It is one that begins like many others. I was baptized, received my other sacraments, learned what others could teach me, and was eventually left with whatever else there was. It took me a while to see where else there was to go with what I had. There were several dots that still needed to be connected. For me, I think I still needed someone to show me where the dots even were.
Looking back, it was years ago when I first began to take the faith seriously and attempt to connect those dots. I was fortunate enough to have people around me who helped, people who had been connecting the dots before me. They shared their faith, and even more importantly, what was strengthening it. I know there are things I would not have known, or even thought to consider, if they had not shared them with me.
It was not just the sharing of the material that was helping them, the books, the talks, the encyclicals. It was also the sharing of their desire to grow in a relationship with God, who was the true subject of those materials. Years later, I find myself on the other side of that exchange. I am no expert in any of this. What I have is what was given to me by people who loved me enough to share it. And I hope to do the same for someone else.
I do not want to just share material and articles; I want to share parts of my story. Recovery is interwoven with my conversion now; without sobriety, there would be no conversion story to tell. I am still a work in progress, as most of us are. I am grateful to the people who got me on the path to recovery, and in the same way, I am grateful to the people who got me on the path of faith. The right people shared the right things at the right time, and I hope to do the same.
I do not want this to become a podcast about recovery from addiction. Recovery is a part of my story, but certainly not all of it. Recovery happens on many levels; from addiction, from any other vice, from any way our hearts have wandered into places far from God. On another level, we can say that anyone who goes to Confession is seeking recovery from sin. Every penitent is a person walking home, changing their direction. The point isn’t that all sin is addiction. The point is that all recovery, healing, and restoration come from Christ. It is by Christ we are transformed.
What is shared here, I hope, will help you in some way on your own journey with Christ. This work is itself in progress; there is much I would like to share. I hope you stay and join me on a journey of faith, renewal, recovery, and transformation.
