Ian Horsi Ali, welcome to the show.

Alex, thank you very much for having me.

It's been an incredible year for you,

coming out as a Christian, dealing with the reactions and criticisms as a result of that.

My first question is, how are you?

I'm doing very well, thank you.

I hope so.

How is your life different from a year ago when you'd become a Christian, but you were getting

ready to talk about it?

It wasn't part of your public persona yet.

How has life changed for you?

Well, I think I was troubled in my heart, in my head, and I'm in a place of peace. I'm at peace with what I do,

with where I am, with my work, with my family, and it's something new for me. So sometimes

there's the sense that it will just disappear, and I'll go back to that time of confusion and trouble.

But it's permanent, it feels permanent, it feels more permanent.

And in fact, every day I feel more and more attached.

I'll say attached and connected to God and that connection then gives me a much stronger

connection with everything else, with my family and friends and relations and my work.

Has the way you feel about Christianity changed since publicizing the Christianity that you

have? Has that changed the way that you approach it? I imagine that there are a lot of people

trying to help you determine which denomination you might be or iron out some of the intricacies

of your theology. How has it been since actually coming out, as it were?

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