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Why I am Christian again - Tommy Dixon

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For the second time, technically. But the first time, I was a baby without much of a say in the matter. When Mark Twain was asked whether he believed in infant baptism, he replied, "Believe in it? I've seen it." What I realized, only after I finished writing you this, is that Twain's comment captures the reason I returned to faith: I believe in it because I've seen it. When you get to the end of this letter, maybe that will make sense. I didn't want to write this, but I couldn’t help not writing it. It's all I've been able to think about. Any quiet moment of my day—biking to work or washing dishes or walking through the woods—it’s the gravitational mass all my thoughts orbit. It’s the thing that has filled the pages of three notebooks, set off the sparks of a thousand thoughts. Writing anything else has felt trivial in comparison. Sometimes I’m not sure faith can be talked about, never mind written about. Whenever I wade deep enough into these thoughts, and approach anything approximat

Essays Why I am Christian again Tommy Dixon Jul 26, 2025 585 101 232 Share I sought the Lord, and he answered me. — Psalm 34:4a The Voyage of Life: Manhood by Thomas Cole (1842) Why I Am Christian Again 860KB ∙ PDF file Download Download A few months ago, I was baptized. For the second time, technically. But the first time, I was a baby without much of a say in the matter. When Mark Twain was asked whether he believed in infant baptism, he replied, "Believe in it? I've seen it." What I realized, only after I finished writing you this, is that Twain's comment captures the reason I returned to f

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