Kirk Haberman is a father of four, public school history teacher, church musician, and choir director in western Pennsylvania. A member of the Anglican Church in North America, he writes on Anglicanism, liturgy, church music, pilgrimage, and the intersection of faith and culture. He is currently undertaking a long-term project to visit the cathedrals, churches, and pilgrimage routes of the British Isles.
An American Anglican Returns After Twenty-Eight Years I once heard a remarkable statement from someone who had emigrated from Communist Hungary to America. He escaped by swimming the Danube River under gunfire to western shores. He said that he was born American; he just didn’t realize it until he was 18 years old. Well, I…