February 1, 2008
Welcome to the Hitchhiker’s Guide
Greetings one and all, and welcome to The Hitchhiker’s Guide (THG), a website re-purposed to track the journey of a few people as they make the journey back to the roots of their faith.
Originally THG was a website that showcased articles on life and Christian spirituality and had a long run since its inception in early 1997. All the old articles have been removed, but are available upon special request if you are looking for one in particular.
But as with all other things, life changes and brings about perspectives that we either knew not existed or has a way of changing our heart and our mind to see things from a much different light source. What you will read here is about the pursuit of the roots of our faith in Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism — the faith before the reformation.
With protestant Christianity continuing to splinter into more and more shards of disunity and finite foundations, there is a movement among the West to seek out the roots of our faith. There seems to be this great search for authentic Christianity without the commercialized and consumerist trappings we have come to expect from many churches in the West; and we are among the many on that search to find the roots of our faith.
Over the coming weeks you will have the opportunity to meet those on this journey and will get to read their stories along the way and participate with us in discussion. And in the process, we hope that we can help you find your way back, too.
Written and posted by Michael on February 1, 2008, 10:13 am.
Filed under: General Discussion, Our Roots
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coderforchrist said,
February 1, 2008 @ 11:38 am
Glad to see the site up and running! I’m looking forward to the discussion.
Entity said,
February 12, 2008 @ 9:42 am
I’m enjoying reading through the posts on this site. As a lifelong Catholic, it is easy to take some of the richness of the Catholic and Orthodox churches for granted. It is good to see what has drawn the four of you to Catholicism and Orthodoxy. It remains my prayer that these two churches will soon again be one. I believe both will benefit from this. JPII described the Orthodox and Catholic churches as the two lungs. Perhaps right and left brain would be another apt analogy. The beauty and awe found in Orthodoxy greatly complements the cerebration and analysis found in the Roman Catholic Church.