Can't Go Back

     I just finished up a book that is my life in reverse.
   Rome Sweet Rome is the autobiographical account of Scott and Kimberly Hahn and their journey to Roman Catholicism. Scott was a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor who, after much theological wrestling, found a new home in the Catholic Church. It took his wife years to follow him wholeheartedly along the same path, but she also experienced a seismic, spiritual shift that led her to Rome.
    Part of me is seriously drawn to his story. There are times I long for "Mother Church" (the church of my youth). I admire the way Roman Catholics have "stuck to their guns" as our cultural landscape continues to shift (on everything from Pro Life stances to their positions on divorce and sexuality).
     My denomination -- in an attempt to be culturally relevant at every turn -- continues to fall away from orthodox, scriptural teachings that have guided the Church for millennia.
    You see, I started off as a Roman Catholic, but after accepting Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior in college, I landed in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). I also spent a few years in the Presbyterian Church in America.
     I don't forsee a time when I will land back in the Roman Catholic Church, but it is fun to read about how God worked in a person's life and led them in a completely different direction.
     But if the Church is bigger than one denomination or tradition, then maybe we are already a part of the one, true catholic church.