“It is no good asking for a simple religion. After all, real things are not simple. ”
— C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Christianity is a way of life — a complex set of beliefs, practices, and commitments that take one a lifetime to explore. Christianity is an adventure, in the deepest sense of the word. The Christian is a person on a journey that requires risk, creates companionship, and leads to transformation.

You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you. 
–St. Augustine, Confessions

Every human being is on a quest to find something. We have an insatiable desire for something we struggle to name. We catch glimmers of what we’re after in things like career accomplishments, romantic relationships, and novel experiences. However, we often find ourselves dissatisfied, with a sense of estrangement from the only thing that can provide the satisfaction we are after—a relationship with our Creator.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 
– Jesus Christ, John 14:6

The great paradox of our quest for God is that we cannot reach God by our own efforts; instead, God comes to us in the person of Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ life and teaching, we see the Way a human being is meant to live. In Jesus’ death on the cross we see the Truth about our condition, and the even greater Truth about God’s grace towards us. And in Jesus’ resurrection from the dead we are offered a renewed Life—both now and for all eternity.

It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to people, but to adapt people to Christ. 
–Dorothy Sayers, “Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World”

Christianity is about following Jesus—about leaving behind the attempt to find fulfilment by our own efforts, and instead embracing Christ as the way, the truth, and the life. It is a mark of Christianity’s truthfulness that it does not pander to our most immediate desires or the cultural fads of our day. Instead, it tells us we will find fulfilment by surrendering our lives to Jesus..

Sometimes God performs a miracle and changes a life dramatically, in an instant. But for most of us, becoming a follower of Jesus is a process that plays out over time. The church is a hospitable community that wants to help you explore Christianity, no matter where you’re starting from.