Blane’s near-death experience has made a lasting effect on his life. Though dealing with his experience hasn’t been easy, he has a sense of peace, not fear, of the afterlife that he wishes to share with others.
Changing lives: “rethink church”
Deborah left her church when she wasn’t able to ask the questions she wanted. When a friend invited her to their church, she discovered a community that welcomed her questions and thinking.
Changing lives: finding a God-made religion
A woman writes about her path from growing cynical of religion, to finding a community that believes in the same merciful and loving God she does.
Changing lives: God is with us, taking care of us
Lisa shares her transformative journey caring for her family and supporting her husband as he struggled against a terminal disease. She finds paradoxically that it is when all feels lost that the most precious gifts of life can be found.
Changing lives: finding “the one”
How do you know if the he/she you’ve been seeing for a while is the right person for you to marry? Coleman and Anne share their sweet story of falling in love and when they both realized they wanted to marry each other.
Changing lives: keeping my faith in college
When many young adults go away to college, it can be difficult to navigate new freedoms and meeting new friends. Megan shares her experience moving away from home and maintaining God’s role in her life.
Changing lives: theistic science
How do you develop a personal relationship with Jesus and still embrace logic and rationality thinking? That was 28-year-old James Lewis’ burning question.
Changing lives: a left turn that changed everything
When Janice happened upon a beautiful church building one Sunday, she didn’t expect to find a church she could call “home.” But she’s glad she did!
Changing lives: from contradiction to confirmation
With her love of sharing God’s teachings, Stephanie tells us how discovering the New Church felt like puzzle pieces being put together.
A path to salvation that makes sense
After seeing so many people around him pass away, Greg struggled with the notion that the only way to enter Heaven is through Jesus. In finding the New Church, he discovered a religion that has a single requirement for heaven that makes sense: living a good life.