Casey Phillips’ dad was a Baptist preacher, and his wife Erin came from a nondenominational background. Early in their relationship, they discovered they’d been brought up with very different views
Jacob Imam’s parents were Muslim and Christian, and seeing the differences between them led him to walk away from the idea of religion altogether as a young man. He still
Fr. Gabriel Landis, OSB, a former Baptist and Lutheran, and Fr. Jay Kythe, a former Hindu, join Marcus Grodi for a discussion of the Catholic perspective on prayer. They share
Dr. Gavin Ashenden remembers learning the Lord’s Prayer as a child, but had a complicated relationship with faith through his teens. After an Evangelical conversion, he followed a call to
Fr. Gabriel Landis, O.S.B., grew up in a strong Baptist family where his Mom played the organ, and his dad taught Sunday school. In his early 20’s, his fascination with
Emily Woodham was raised Anglican, and was never anti-Catholic, but led to believe that Catholicism overcomplicated the simplicity of the Gospel. Throughout her adult life, she felt a constant pull
Dr. Andrew Blaski’s earliest memories of Christianity were in a charismatic non-denominational congregation, but when he hit his teens and didn’t always feel emotionally connected with his faith, he wondered
Dr. Karin Öberg was raised in the Swedish Lutheran Church, but around the time of her Confirmation, she began to consider herself more of an agnostic. She went on to study
Dr. Jennifer Frey grew up in a moral family, but her parents rejected organized religion because of their negative personal and political experiences, and she herself became a convinced atheist
Fr. Gaurav Shroff was born in India, and spent part of his childhood in the United States before moving back. His grandmother was the most observant Hindu in his family,
Fr. James Bradley was raised in the Church of England, but his faith really began to deepen through his involvement in choral music. It immersed him in daily prayer and
Melissa Slagle was raised Baptist, but really began to be proactive in her relationship with Jesus through the mentorship of a high school teacher. Later, when one of her daughters
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