Frank Cronin was raised Catholic, but by college, had decided that religion wasn’t for intellectually serious people. After his wife had a born-again experience just a few days before their
Marcus Peter was raised Catholic in Malaysia, but when he had tough questions about faith, he felt like he got inadequate answers from Catholics, and decided that atheism made more
Dr. Alicia Thompson didn’t grow up with any kind of religious background, but when she went to med school to become an OB/GYN, and was met with the decision of
Growing up in Kentucky, Deacon Joe Calvert had experience of Baptist, Methodist, and Christian Science congregations, but by the time he got to college, he was pretty sure none of
Dr. Bud Marr was raised with a strong faith in Jesus as an Evangelical Protestant. As he grew older, his desire to anchor that faith more deeply led him to
Andrew Petiprin was captivated by the Chronicles of Narnia as a child, and it gave his faith a sense of wonder and a reverence for beauty and mystery. Later, he
Sarah Christmyer came from a family of pastors, missionaries, and ministers of all kinds. When she married a Catholic who wasn’t practicing his faith, everything went well for a while
Fr. Scott Borgman grew up in West Africa as the son of Pentecostal missionaries who made it a point to teach him the importance of Scripture and a relationship with
Cary Dabney grew up a Jehovah’s Witness, but when a childhood friend of his died, he started asking questions about the theology of the organization. When he decided to enter
Baptized Catholic but raised Evangelical Free and Assemblies of God, Fr. Sebastian White was always looking for a place to grow his relationship with Jesus. But a major shift in
Dr. Ray Guarendi was raised Catholic, but there was a lot he never learned, or if he did learn it, it didn’t sink in. For a number of years, he
Though raised Catholic, John Knutsen didn’t really believe in God, and when his brother died of AIDS, he decided he was done with religion forever. A few years later, during
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