I'm a Christian, but probably not the kind you're thinking of.

Too often, Christianity is associated with judgmentalism, magical thinking, and stale traditions. My faith isn't about any of that.

It's not heaven-focused or sin-obsessed.

I don't believe in simplistic, Santa-like versions of God or the idea that anyone had to die for me to be whole.

My Christianity is about humility, not superiority. It's a call to love and serve, not judge. It's about compassion, kindness, and human dignity—a path of meaning, not magic.

I follow a Jesus who cared about people flourishing, including the marginalized, and creating a world based on love.

Moreover, I’m a liminal Christian.

The word liminal originates from the Latin word limen, meaning threshold. It refers to doorways and entrances, boundaries and blurred lines, and thin places and spaces in between.

Like a shoreline, between sand and sea, a liminal Christian spiritual path is a space between traditional and nontraditional practices and thinking. It is a space between interpretations, nuances, and traditional customs and stances.

A liminal Christianity recognizes that no denomination or tradition exhausts or fully contains wisdom or truth.

This means I find meaning on Christian shores but with one foot in the sand of tradition and one foot in the waters of a Christianity yet to be.

Given my liminal Christianity, I don’t quite fit perfectly in any denomination or tradition. But, I find inspiration and meaning in Anglo-Catholicism and Quakerism.

Catholicism and its step-sister Anglicanism are, in my mind, near embodiments of the fullness of Western Christianity.

Both traditions keep the Eucharist at the center, engage in non-fundamentalist, philosophical theologies, and honor reason, science, and human experience.

For me, the Mass is a core part of my spiritual life. I sync with the rhythms of the liturgical year, a contemplative spiritual practice, and find value in simple rituals done well.

I appreciate the fullness of a Christian humanist spirituality that affirms the finer aspects of culture and operates from a holistic sense of human flourishing.

However, I’m not entirely taken in by bells, smells, scholastic disputations, and gothic Cathedrals. Quakerism's simplicity and practical, everyday focus color my Anglo-Catholic thinking and sensibilities. Celtic Christian insights and emphases also add nuance and shape to the above.

In short, my liminal Christian spirituality draws on various but common roots to make sense of the world and my place in it.

The following sections outline my theological views for those who are interested.