God Has All the Answers? God Created Me for a Purpose? My name is Sharon Lewis, and this is my story.I attended church as a young child while growing up in Harlem, New York. That is where I first heard that Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead and was coming back one day. I didn’t understand … Read More
I Thought I Could Do Everything for Myself, with No Help from God…
Was I Ever Wrong
-Clayton Kirschner
Was I Ever Wrong
-Clayton Kirschner
I was born February 9, 1934, to parents of two different faiths. My father was an alcoholic and not a church-goer. Mother, on the other hand, did have some religious background, but did not have us children baptized when we were young. She thought it would be better if we chose our own religion when we were old enough to make that choice.
I Knew There Was a God,
but That’s as Far as It Went
-Lewis Fenstermaker
but That’s as Far as It Went
-Lewis Fenstermaker
As a child I grew up in the projects (low income housing). I went to Sunday School sometimes, but never really understood what was being taught to me. I knew there was a God, but that is as far as it went with me.
I Didn’t Know Where I Stood with God
-Ed Reiss
-Ed Reiss
As far back in my life as I can remember, I always went to a United Church of Christ every Sunday. As a young child, I had some bizarre ideas about God and my relationship with Him. As I got older, the ideas didn’t change much. Although I attended both Sunday school and church, and was confirmed as a teenager, I never learned the teachings of the Bible, nor did I have the desire to learn them.