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He Found God Walking Through a Garden After Lunch
Franceยท 1730s-1740s
Jean-Pierre de Caussade, an 18th-century Jesuit priest, discovered that God was most present to him not during formal prayer but in ordinary transitions โ...
She First Heard God While Sweeping a Floor
Dorchester Countyยท 1840s
Before she became the legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman was an enslaved woman sweeping floors and carrying water.
A Theologian Met God on a Park Bench Reading the Psalms
Berlinยท 1932
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, already an ordained pastor and published theologian, was reading the Psalms on a park bench one afternoon when familiar words...
Lilias Trotter: She Heard God While Painting Wildflowers in the Desert
Algiersยท 1890s
Lilias Trotter gave up a career as Victorian England's most promising artist to live in Algeria.
The UN Secretary-General Who Met God on a Bus
New York Cityยท 1950s
Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the United Nations, recorded in his private journal that the defining moment of his life happened on an ordinary...
She Met God on a Dirt Road With Nothing
Ulster Countyยท 1826
Isabella Baumfree โ later Sojourner Truth โ escaped slavery with her infant daughter and walked down an ordinary dirt road in upstate New York.
God Answered a Scientist in a Pre-Dawn Laboratory
Tuskegeeยท 1900s-1940s
George Washington Carver, born into slavery and orphaned as an infant, made his greatest scientific discoveries by arriving at his Tuskegee laboratory...
She Found God Under a Kitchen Apron
Epworthยท 1700s-1720s
Susanna Wesley, mother of nineteen in 18th-century England, had no quiet room for prayer.
A Morning Training Run That Became a Calling
Edinburghยท 1922
Before the famous Olympic refusal, Eric Liddell was on an ordinary morning training run through Edinburgh when he felt a sudden clarity โ that his ability...
God Spoke to a Watchmaker While She Wound a Spring
Haarlemยท 1920s
Long before becoming a famous war hero, Corrie ten Boom was winding watch springs in her father's shop when she felt God press something onto her heart โ...
He Found God Between the Potato Peels
Parisยท 1660s-1691
Brother Lawrence, a 17th-century kitchen worker in a Paris monastery, discovered that peeling potatoes and scrubbing pots could be as sacred as any...
Brian "Head" Welch Left Korn After an Encounter During Worship
Bakersfieldยท 2005
Brian "Head" Welch, lead guitarist of Korn, was addicted to methamphetamine when he experienced repeated encounters during worship at a California church.