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Mama Maggie and the Garbage City Children of Cairo
Cairoยท 1989
Mama Maggie Gobran left her career as a university professor to serve the Zabbaleen garbage collectors of Cairo, building schools and clinics serving over...
How a Fact-Checker Investigated the Resurrection and Could Not Debunk It
Dublinยท 2020-2021
Dublin fact-checker Ryan Gallagher accepted a colleague's challenge to investigate the resurrection using his professional methodology. Three months of rigorous analysis could not debunk it, and a year of wrestling with the implications rewrote his entire framework for truth.
She Built a Social Media Empire, Then Tore It Down to Find What Was Real
Mumbaiยท 2022
Influencer Priya Mehta had ten million followers and zero peace. A desperate comment from a teenage girl forced her to confront the emptiness behind her curated life โ and a faith community in a Mumbai art gallery showed her what authenticity could look like.
The Doctor Who Walked into Ebola and Found Grace
Kenemaยท 2014
An infectious disease specialist from Johns Hopkins found faith in a Sierra Leone Ebola ward, singing "Amazing Grace" with a twelve-year-old patient and discovering that grace means being present when everything says leave.
The Gang Leader Who Became a Youth Worker
Tottenhamยท 2019
A former Tottenham gang leader was transformed through the patient service of a youth worker, then became one himself, finding faith and redemption by mentoring the next generation on the same estate.
The Widow Who Fed Elijah
Zarephathยท 9th century BC
A widow in Zarephath gave her last handful of flour to the prophet Elijah โ and her jar of flour and jug of oil never ran empty for the entire duration of...
He Was Muslim, I Was Christian, and God Was in It
Londonยท 2024
A Nigerian pastor's daughter and a devout Muslim man navigated faith differences, family rejection, and a year of honest prayer. Their interfaith marriage didn't produce a conversion story, but it revealed a God bigger than religious categories.
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...
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.
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.
Lacey Sturm Walked Into a Worship Service Planning to End Her Life
Arlingtonยท Late 1990s
Lacey Sturm, future lead vocalist of Flyleaf, entered a church worship service at age 16 planning to end her life.