Gather, Remember, Return
Frances Ridley Havergal
Victorian hymn writer Frances Ridley Havergal experienced God's breakthrough power when all 10 people in a house found faith in one visit, inspiring her...
From Comedy to Christ
British comedian Russell Brand found spiritual transformation through baptism in the River Thames after 21 years of sobriety, discovering the peace he...
William Cowper - From Despair to the Light of Christ
In 1764, poet William Cowper found faith while reading Romans in a mental asylum after three suicide attempts. He later wrote beloved hymns with John Newton.
Anne Askew: The Woman Who Would Not Recant
Anne Askew, a 16th-century English Protestant woman, endured torture and execution rather than deny her faith, becoming the only woman recorded to be...
Evelyn Waugh: Satirist Found the Church
Brilliant satirist Evelyn Waugh shocked literary England by converting to Catholicism in 1930. His conversion would shape his life and greatest work.
John Milton: Paradise Found Through Blindness
Blind English poet John Milton lost his sight, political cause, and nearly his life, yet through faith created Paradise Lost, the greatest religious...
John Donne: From Rake to Dean
John Donne transformed from notorious libertine poet to Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, proving no past is beyond God's redemption.
T.S. Eliot: The Hollow Man Made Whole
Nobel Prize-winning poet T.S. Eliot found faith in Christ at age 38, transforming from writing about spiritual emptiness to celebrating God's redemption...
Richard Baxter: Bruised Reed Awakened a Soul
Richard Baxter's gradual conversion through Scripture and suffering in 17th century England. The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes opened God's love to him.
Thomas More: King's Good Servant, But
Sir Thomas More, England's Lord Chancellor, chose martyrdom over compromising his faith when King Henry VIII demanded he recognize royal supremacy over...
Julian of Norwich: All Shall Be Well
Julian of Norwich received divine visions while near death in 1373, encountering God's overwhelming love and receiving the famous promise 'All shall be...
John Rogers: First Flame of the Marian
John Rogers, Cambridge-educated priest, met William Tyndale and embraced Reformed faith. He completed the first English Bible printed with royal authorization.