Thanks – I hadn’t really seen it from an outside perspective – does seem pretty cool, doesn’t it.

And thanks for your comments about faith – much appreciated from someone whose faith is so strong.

You SO definitely sound like you, and I’m so glad that makes you happy!

On the topic of spiritual wandering, maybe think of it as stepping *toward* something else rather than *away*. (At least it sounds a little more positive!) And I think you know it’s an awakening rather than a distraction when you talk about it using words like “finding a lot of comfort, support, and home”. You didn’t say torment or upheaval or psychotic break or anything, right?

Faith that is young enough to still be curious but mature enough to incorporate understandings and insights from really different sources… well, it sounds like a gift to me, not a crisis.