A Chip off the Old Block.

You may recognise one of the contributors from a Catholic Britblog (or a British Cathblog); since she’s decided to anonymise, I won’t give the link to that blog here.

They say if Palestine is the birthplace of Christianity, Asia Minor (part of modern Turkey) is the cradle in which it thrived. This is where the first communities of Christ were formed, great debates that shaped the Christian faith took place, and creeds were written after heated discussion.

We are a group of Turks who have the privilege of having born and grown up in Turkey. Even more so, we have the privilege of enjoying God’s grace as expressed in His Son, Jesus the Christ.

We come from different Christian traditions, and our interests and foci range widely. However we all love to explore and to share what we are discovering in our respective journeys. As sons and daughters of this land that gave to the church apostles, saints and martyrs, we try and follow in the footsteps of this great cloud of witnesses. So here we are, a chip off the old block…