I grew up in a loving, Christian household as the youngest of 11 kids. I cared more about my performance than I cared about myself, constantly feeling the pressure of many successful older siblings that weighed on me to do the same, even when I couldn’t. I felt ashamed, foolish, and embarrassed for not being…
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Testimonies and I have had a contentious relationship ever since I learned what a testimony was. Specifically, I thought that mine was nothing special, and I have even felt shame because I have not gone through some sort of harrowing transformation to get to where I am at in my faith now. However, I also…
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Hi, my name is Clay. I grew up in upstate New York, in a home where the love of Jesus Christ was both taught to me and demonstrated to me by my parents from a young age. When I was 4 years old, after coming home from an event called “The Living Nativity,” a walk…
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Growing up, it seemed as if all the cards had been dealt for me to become the perfect Christian. I was raised by two godly parents, and never questioned if I was loved or not. I went to church, youth group, camp, you name it. By the end of middle school, I had personally read…
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I’ve always felt like I’ve been in the in-between. Between having friends, between my faith, between my thoughts, actions, love, courage. I’ve always thought of myself as between being okay. I knew God. But did I really know Him? Did I experience being in His presence? Not really. This in-between behavior ruled my life. I’d…
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My name is Caleb Ekezie, and this is the story of how Jesus saved my life. To understand me, you first have to understand my childhood. I was brought up by parents that loved God. My dad specifically, who grew up in Nigeria, is a man who knows the bible like the back of his…
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I grew up in a loving, caring household. Even though I was baptized at a young age, as I grew older, I grew further and further from God. I was familiar with the idea of church because my parents modeled and valued it, but I didn’t attend consistently. When I was in sixth grade, my…
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Before Christ, I was a shy, disheartened individual. By the time I came into high school, my first assumption on of people was that no one liked me, that everyone thought I was annoying, goofy, boring, not-what-they-were-looking-for. I assumed people only wanted to spend time with others that could give them something, and since I…
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My journey with God started from a very young age. I was baptized as a baby and raised in a loving Lutheran family. I attended preschool at All Saints Lutheran Church, which would become the church I attended for the next 18 years of my life until I graduated high school. I found comfort in…
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It’s not that I haven’t seen God work in my life and shape me into who I am, it’s that I’ve seen Him so many times and every instance has been so beautiful. This simple story has taken me such a long time to construct. To be completely transparent with you, I didn’t want to…
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