My parents were born in Sweden and immigrated to the United States as young adults. Nominal Lutherans, baptized and confirmed in the Church of Sweden, they were not strong churchgoers.
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Jason Hall, native of Owensboro, KY, grew up in a Christian home in the Free Will Baptist tradition. His father was the minister of his church. Jason had an active
Growing up in the Chicago area, Chris Zajdzinski describes his Baptist upbringing as a great formation and experience. He felt a close personal relationship from an early age, though he
A former contestant on “America’s Next Top Model”, Leah Darrow, had a happy childhood growing up in a Catholic household on a beautiful farm in Oklahoma. As the oldest of six
“I was fighting so many demons that I lost track of where they came from and how they were manifested. I became enslaved to spiritual poverty, sexual depravity, and a greed for money that would take its toll on my emotions and psyche for years to come. Everything in life seemed easily disposable, especially my money, which I spent lavishly to maintain my steady diet of alcohol and drugs that would salve my emotional pain.”
Dawn Eden grew up in a reformed Jewish household in New York City. Her parents split up when Dawn was five so, living with her mother and sister, her father
Brian Besong’s father came from a Catholic family but left the faith when he married Brian’s mother. They settled into life in the Disciples of Christ in Houston, Texas, which
He was called the “Father of Jesus Rock.” Everyone who was an Evangelical or Pentecostal Christian in the 1970s knew who he was. He wrote such songs as “I Wish
Dr. Anthony Caruso, a reproductive endocrinologist, joins Marcus in reflecting on his faith journey which began in Boston in the early post-Vatican II days. A son of Italian and Irish
From my earliest memories Jesus was my best friend. I loved church, worship, and my Bible, which I unfailingly carried everywhere. My dad used to joke, “Don’t you trust my driving? Is that why you always take your Bible?”
The Lord’s grace throughout my life has always been abundant. In reality, I can’t recall a time when I have not loved, desired, and pursued God. I always wanted to hear more about Jesus and to share Him with others.
When he was a toddler, the parents of Chris Davis divorced. He and his mother left Kentucky for Washington State, but over the next decade, they moved quite a bit.
Mark Averett, though being born and lived for his first four years in Mississippi, counts Kentucky as his home. Raised until age twelve in the Southern Baptist tradition, Mark has
