Alan grew up in a mainline Protestant context, but felt like he was getting conflicting messages about what Christianity was. This struggle over objective vs subjective approaches to the truth haunted him, and started him on a path of exploration that led him to eventually look into what Catholicism had to say about these things, and he found himself falling in love with the Church.
For many years, Alan was the U.S. record holder for the fastest mile time at 3 minutes and 46 seconds! He now serves as a coach in the athletic department at Ave Maria University.