When I was asked by the editors of The Wheel to write something about the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, I thought to myself: “What can I write about the Lutheran Reformation that might actually be useful to an audience of well-educated, open, and intelligent Orthodox Christians living in a Western context, who are genuinely curious about culture and the world around them?” It occurred to me that my own lived experience places me in an unusually good position to answer this question. I’m something that Orthodox don’t often encounter: I’m a reverse convert.