This is an abridgement of a letter that I wrote to my major advisor at Oregon State University, Professor Marcus Borg, October 2002, relating key events of my journey to a personal relationship with God in Christ. Marcus Borg was a great mentor, encouraging me to find my own way and supporting me in the process. It felt right to share with him my transition into a divergent way of thinking and being. Included are the ways in which working at Starbucks, studying literature and religion (to include C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien), and developing friendships shifted my focus off of myself and onto God and others. In doing so, I left behind a liberal Christian agnosticism preoccupied with intellectual satisfaction in order to embrace a Christianity grounded in my need for Jesus Christ and His Grace.
The Institute for Cultural Engagement, an official program of Multnomah University and Biblical Seminary