Shawn's Page

I am a husband, father, and a Christian. 

After over 30 years of searching for something deeper - to truly know Christ and His Church - and after eight years as a Protestant pastor, we have come home to the Holy Orthodox Christian Faith.

This journey, and my thoughts on it as we have gone through it, is on my blog, which you can read here.

For a good explanation of Frequently Asked Questions about Orthodoxy, read this from Ss. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church in Salt Lake City.

In August of 2009, Lord willing, our family will be baptized.  St. Ephraim the Syrian will be my patron saint, and my Christian name will be Ephraim.

"O Lord and Master!  O God of heaven and earth!  Show Thy favor and open to me the door of repentance, I pray Thee with mine afflicted soul.

"Regard me according to Thy great mercy; incline Thine ear to my prayer and forgive me, who am guilty of falling into many sins; forgive me all the wretched things I have done, for I have been conquered by my own evil will."

-St. Ephraim the Syrian