OK, I Swear, this is the last change.

And I always mean that, right?

Anyway, the last template change wouldn't load in IE... and since there are still some people who surf with IE, I wanted a more "universal" template. I customized one of Blogger's standard templates and came up with something I think is OK. It's fairly clean, it looks decent, I'm leaving it alone. Really. This time, I'm done.

I suppose that the next time I blog I'll officially be Catholic. Wendy and I will be confirmed (and I'll be baptized) at tomorrow's Easter Vigil mass.

I wrote plenty about that last year. I intended to start a new series after the first one ended, and my intentions were to blog about the RCIA classes... but, ya know what? RCIA turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life. It was completely positive, completely fulfilling, and I just kinda wanted to "preserve" the experience for myself. If that makes sense.

Wendy and I met some really amazing people in RCIA, and learned so much. We're both sure that the Catholic church is the right spiritual direction for us, and that it's something we both need very badly.

And in a surprising way, this has helped me get past the bitterness I felt about my Southern Baptist and Fundamentalist upbringing. Here's what I mean: I never felt "at home" in a Baptist church. I honestly believe that I was born with a Catholic heart in a Baptist/Fundamentalist culture. I was always resentful and spiteful about the people I knew who were so at-home and at-ease in the Baptist and Fundamentalist churches I attended. They were so happy about their experiences in Church, and I was totally unhappy.

Now that I've gotten moving in the right direction for me, I think I better understand the protestants in my family. At least, I finally know what it feels like to be happy and at-home in church, the way they always have. I don't share all of their beliefs, but I finally do share their enthusiasm about church... I just had to go to a different church to find what I needed.

Anyway, it's a big weekend coming up. Happy Easter to all my Christian friends... and Happy Passover to our Jewish older-brothers in God.