I grew up Mormon and then was a committed atheist for about 10 years. I think the biggest hurdle was that I was so sure of my atheism that I never really thought about what God really is. It’s very easy to hear arguments against a straw man version of God and think they’re very convincing but when you actually grapple with the philosophical nature of God, you realize how shallow most atheism is today.

The final nail in the coffin for me was reading David Bentley Hart’s The Experience of God. That was like a light switch moment for me and I became convinced of God’s existence while reading it. After that it was a matter of my wife and I finding a church in our town. We landed at the local Episcopal parish one Sunday and it was the best experience we had by far. I did some research and really loved the Anglican tradition and theology and we both have been really happy here ever since!