“I tell you these things because this is how we return thanks to God, that after being corrected, and having come to an awareness of God, that we glorify and
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I grew up in the confusion of mental illness and abuse. This led me to look for peace and stability outside the home. I was drawn to the natural world.
Baptized Presbyterian at eight years old, I have a few hazy memories of going to church as a child in Huntington Beach, California, where I grew up. My family stopped
My earliest memories are of happy times in our Pentecostal church with extended family. Our life was centered around church and other community events, such as potlucks and revival meetings.
“It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you.” — Saint John Paul II This quote
Nominal Christian, Occult Years, & Evangelical Conversion When I was a child, we attended an old Protestant church in inner city Detroit. The average age of the people was probably
Early Life I was born in Manchester, England in 1969 to Irish parents. We moved to my Mom’s hometown, Donegal, Ireland, in 1977, where my four siblings and I attended
I was fortunate to be raised in a loving Christian home in Corbin, KY, about 75 miles south of Lexington. Our family attended a Southern Baptist church. When I was
Introduction to Spirituality I was born in 1979 in Seville, Ohio, and got off to a great start by getting baptized as a Catholic when I was less than a
My wife’s tone of voice made it obvious; she was about to tell me something hard to hear: “I can’t be Protestant anymore, Joshua.” I tried my best to remain
Cardboard Beginnings: A Miracle in the Making I was born in a cardboard box. It’s not a metaphor or an exaggeration — it’s the literal truth. My biological mother brought
“Excellent student; talks too much.” That was pretty much my report card throughout elementary school. I had the beautiful gift of a sunny personality and was somewhat precocious. Around the
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