For Christians only: have you ever envied the dramatic conversion story of someone else?
You know, the kind that begins with drugs, alcohol, sex; then moves to a direct personal encounter with Jesus, and ends happily and sinlessly after?
If you own faith story is rather tame, you will enjoy reading Melanie Springer Mock's "When Big Jesus Doesn't Show Up"--chapter 2 of her new memoir Worthy: Finding Yourself in a World Expecting Someone Else.
Christians who grew up in homes with parents who themselves took their faith seriously often wonder if they count as "real" Christians, never having had an encounter like Paul's on the road to Damascus.
Melanie was a teenager like this who in college found herself asked to share her testimony--and felt compelled to embellish the story a teeny bit... or a lot.
I'm on Chapter 3 now--I recommend it as a gift to any Christian you know.
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