Yet Another Introduction

By the Grace of God, I am a Christian, by his mercy I am Catholic, and and by his sense of humor, I am now Byzantine. Many out there reading this may know me, others may not. My name is John Gibson. It seems that God’s plan was for me to move over to the Eastern Rites of His glorious church for in November of Last year I was granted my rite switch. In December (On Christmas, in fact) my 3 youngest kids were charismated. My wife, who also has an aversion to paperwork, remains latin rite, along with my eldest daughter who was confirmed in my old Latin Rite parish who is also discerning if she is going to switch rites or not. My conversion was sudden, to say the least, in October of 1995, and I entered RCIA at that time and was brought into the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church Easter 1996. After my entrance into the Catholic Church, I started studying the Early Church Fathers, and the early Liturgies of St. James and St. John. It was through these documents that I became interested in the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church. Finally I was able to participate in a Divine Liturgy, and the rest is history.

My Interests include: Theology, Liturgy, The Writings of the Early Church Fathers, Apologetics.

My Talents include: Computers, Web Design, Video Production, Audio Production, a really warped sense of Humor, and creative capitalization and spelling.