Hello, everybody.
My name is Alissa, and I’m an Episcopalian (and some other things, too).
I got here via the Christian Reformed Church, a denomination I really respect. A decades-long road featuring many Madeleine L’Engle books, a passion for liturgy, and any number of changing views eventually led me to the Episcopal Church. It 
really feels like a spiritual homecoming of sorts, in no small part because of my wonderful parish with its beautiful, broken people living lives so full of grace and humor. Between parish choir, EfM, Eucharists, and a smattering of other activities, I spend a fair bit of time hanging out at church, or with church folks. It’s great.
I’m also a grad student working on an MA in rhetoric and composition (i.e., English). I read a lot. I write a lot. I teach first-year composition, so I grade a lot. I work on projects. Sometimes I go to conferences. I’m pretty busy. But really, really blessed.
I like hearing peoples’ stories, taking photographs of my food (and then eating it), waking up without an alarm, singing enthusiastically while doing housework, and writing stuff. I also like aprons, cats, movies, coffee, and laughing. I’m an INFJ. My favorite color is green. I prefer Boggle to Scrabble. I write the dates of meteor showers in my planner. I eat too much toast.
So, hello. It’s nice to meet you. You’ve heard a little about me; what about you? What do you like? How do you fill your days? How did you get where you are today, this moment?
Wait. It’s possible to eat too much toast?!
You haven’t lived with me.
You have a lot of great content about TEC on here, and I just gave your blog a shoutout in an e-mail to the author of that recent post on Episcopal Cafe with the epic comment thread (There aren’t as many Episcopalians anymore).
However, for my first comment, since you mentioned toast, I shall extol the virtues of toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. They are a great, filling breakfast that will get you through those early morning grad school classes.
Hi, Alex! Thanks for stopping by, and for the shoutout. PB on toast is a popular breakfast option for me, but toasted sandwiches are brilliant — so much more portable (good for my schlep to the bus stop).
This is pretty neat, Alissa.
Thanks, Cait.